Bankruptcy Archive » December, 2012

Bankruptcy - December, 2012

159 articles

• CalPERS Told To Cool Its Heels In San Bernardino Bankruptcy
• NECC Buckles Under Meningitis Suits, Files For Ch. 11
• Owner Of $50M Texas Resort Files For Bankruptcy
• Ski Co.'s $220M Suit Over Botched Resort Deal Tossed
• 3rd Circ. Says Prior Patent Deal Blocks Spansion's Apple Suit
• Argo Digital Unit Wants Investor Fraud Suit Sent To Fla.
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $220M Madoff Trustee Deal With Levy Heirs
• French Bank Off Hook For Debt Buyer's Defense Costs
• California Dreaming? CalPERS And San Bernardino's Ch. 9
• Bankrupt Video Game Maker THQ Gets Financing Lifeline
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Lehman Securities Fraud Suit
• House GOP's Sequestration Bill Slashes At Dodd-Frank Reforms
• Inner City Broadcasting Exits Shareholder Suit Over IP Sale
• UK Censures Gracechurch Over Stock-Hawking Tactics
• Kodak Sued Over Ownership Of 18 Patents
• Ala. City's Bid To Sue Bankrupt County Over Hospital Denied
• ResCap Wins More Time To File Ch. 11 Plan
• Game Maker THQ Seeks Replay With Ch. 11
• Kodak, Samsung Reach $37M Deal Over Printer Supply Contract
• Judge Nixes Ore.'s $29M Tax Claim Against WaMu
• Navigating The 546(e) Safe Harbor Provision
• Conoco Credit Letters Same As Cash, MF Global Trustee Says
• NJ Court Clarifies Inquiry Duties For Construction Liens
• AMR's New CBA, Pension Deal With Pilots Get Judge's OK
• Taylor Bean Trust, US Agree On $18.6M Claim In Debt Dispute
• AES Eastern Ch. 11 Plan Shirks Enviro Duties, Utility Says
• Kodak Hopes $525M Patent Sale Will Pave Path Out Of Ch. 11
• Judge Wary Of MF Global Customer Group's Deposition Push
• SemCrude Ruling Skirted Due Process, Oil Cos. Tell 3rd Circ.
• Investors To Get $85M More From Merkin Funds
• Lehman Sues For Coverage Of $288M Lending Fraud Losses
• Open Range Inks Deal With Lender To Wind Down Ch. 7
• Dewey Gets $500K Bonus For Dodgers Bankruptcy Work
• Southern Air Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement Cleared For Voting
• Ritz Camera Asks For Conversion From Ch. 11 To Ch. 7
• Vitro Wants $1.6B Judgment Against Protesting Bondholders
• CalPERS Slams San Bernardino Over 'Sham' Pendency Plan
• Dynegy Puts Up Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan For NY Subsidiaries
• Madoff Victim Blasts $220M Levy Settlement At 2nd Circ.
• Hotel Entertainment, Internet Co. May Check Into Ch. 11
• Johnson Controls Appeals A123's $256M Bankruptcy Sale
• Credit Union Board Backs ResCap's Request For Mediator
• 'Fair And Equitable' Means More Than Amortization Schedule
• AMR Insists It Be Allowed To Eliminate Lump-Sum Pension
• Edison International Unit Fizzles Into Ch. 11
• Insurer Sues Dewey Execs Over Losses On $35M Notes
• SEC Accuses Calif. Hedge Fund Manager Of Trading Scheme
• Metro Fuel Oil Creditors Seek Probe Of Ex-CFO
• New Pa. Bill Aims To Scrutinize Harrisburg Debt
• BearingPoint Trustee Wants Ex-Directors Held In Contempt
• 'Pink Slime' Co. Escapes Ex-Worker's WARN Suit For Now
• Deutsche Bank Ordered To Pay Damages Over Kirch Bankruptcy
• Hostess Bakers Union Vows To Appeal Wind-Down Order
• Talmer Gets Go-Ahead For $60M First Place Bank Buy
• Judge OKs $830M Kodak Financing Commitment Letter
• Spansion's $24M Patent Settlement With Tessera OK'd
• 5th Circ. Reverses Barclays Fee Award In Asarco Ch. 11 Case
• NewPage Wins OK To Hand Reins To Senior Noteholders
• MSR Resort's Disclosure Statement Gets Green Light
• BoNY Says Notices In $8M Bankruptcy Settlement Were Proper
• Trustee Objects To Milbank Dual Role In Lehman Bankruptcy
• Dewey Seeks Extension Of Case Removal Window
• 4Kids Plan Confirmed Over License Partner's Objection
• The Scope Of Bankruptcy Court Power In Light Of Bellingham
• Mirant Successor Cries Perjury In $305M Oil Lease Suit
• Tronox, Kerr-McGee Dispute Intent In Closing Arguments
• US Trustee Seeks Holdback On Patriot Coal Bankruptcy Fees
• Nanya Can End DRAM Patent Case Against Elpida, ITC Says
• Paul Hastings Clawback Case Stays In Bankruptcy Court
• Kodak Tells Fed. Circ. Digital Camera Patent Is Valid
• Creditors Question Oak Hill's Role In Southern Air Ch. 11
• NY AG Can't Seek $150M Lehman Fees From Ernst & Young
• Creditor Demands Financial Probe Of Bankrupt County
• US Pays Asarco $15M To End Neb. Superfund Cleanup Dispute
• Open Season On Rating Agencies?
• FDIC Must Face BofA's Suit Over Taylor Bean Fraud
• Bondholders Slam CalPERS' Attempt To Sue San Bernardino
• Chinese Co.'s $275M Bid For Bankrupt A123 Gets Judge's Nod
• SEC Supports Inflation Adjustment For Madoff Victims
• MSR Ch. 11 Plan Incorporates $1.5B Sale To Sovereign Fund
• Carlyle's Hospital Group Heads To Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• Ex-Kirkland Atty's Mental Health Considered In Fraud Suit
• Inside NY's Departure From In Re Loop
• Liquidation Prompts Hostess To Seek Ch. 11 Extension
• Chem Rx Trustee Sues Ex-Execs Who Profited From Faulty LBO
• Hawker Judge Won't Rule Yet On Warranty Rejection Bid
• Howrey Creditors Want Atty DQ'd In Suit Against Ex-Partners
• Dynegy Gets $23M From Auction Of 2 NY Power Plants
• Open Range DIP Lender, Trustee Spar Over Stimulus Deal
• Hostess Pension Diversion Could Spell Big Trouble
• Apple, Google Joint Bid Tops $500M For Kodak Patents
• FDIC's $1.5B MBS Lawsuit Must Stay In Federal Court
• US, UK Plan For Failed Banks May Not Curb Regulator Fights
• $305M Oil Lease Suit Time-Barred, Castex Investors Say
• High Court Won't Review IP Deals' Validity Post-Bankruptcy
• Chrysler Slides Faulty Sunroof Case To NY Bankruptcy Court
• Banks Pay $11.5M To Settle Risky Mortgage Bond Class Action
• China's Wanxiang Scores A123 Assets For $257M At Auction
• Insurers Seek Arbitration For Hostess' Collateral Request
• Dreier Trustee Settles With Owner Of Founder's Apartment
• Miami Businessmen Charged In $40M Investment Fraud Scheme
• DOE Wants To Block Deposition On Stake In A123 Assets
• American Airlines Pilots Ratify Labor Deal
• ResCap Seeks More Time To File Ch. 11 Plan
• Lenders To Pay $30M Settlement To Le-Nature's Trustee
• Canadian High Court Lets Bankrupt Co. Escape Cleanup Order
• Bankrupt Ski Club's Founder Must Pay $41M For Loan Misuse
• Norse Energy's US Unit Spirals Into Ch. 11
• Kodak Deal With CVS Over Kiosk Agreement Gets Judge's OK
• Revstone Gets Green Light To Stay Open During Ch. 11
• Bergstein Bankruptcy Trustee Seeks 'Bad Faith' Sanctions
• US Bank Claims Dibs On Extended Stay's $100M Guaranty
• Picard Fights Efforts To Revive Picower Suits In 2nd Circ.
• Insurer Balks At NewPage Ch. 11 Plan Over Asbestos Policies
• Bankrupt Vertis Gets Go-Ahead For $259M Sale To Quad
• Bankruptcy MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Susheel Kirpalani
• E&Y, Fidelity Beat Suit Over 2008 Lehman Bankruptcy
• Power Plant Unit Gets Go-Ahead To Restructure $640M In Debt
• FDIC Gets $900M Guaranty MBS Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Sovereign Fund's Uncontested $1.5B Bid Lands It MSR Assets
• GOP Sens. Attack HUD Response To FHA Reserve Shortfall
• K-V Pharma, Hologic Eye $60M Deal To End Makena Feud
• Sovereign Immunity Analysis In Subscription Credit Facilities
• 10 Vitro Affiliates Pushed Into Bankruptcy
• Bondholders Say Elpida IP Deals Benefit Micron, Not Creditors
• Ocwen Must Appoint Monitor To Oversee Mortgage Servicing
• FTC Says Telemarketer's Ch. 11 Is Sham To Avoid $113M Fine
• Bankruptcy MVP: Kasowitz's David Friedman
• Thelen Seeks Approval Of $1.4M Citibank Settlement
• Judge Won't Find $1.5B Bid For MSR Was In Good Faith Yet
• MF Global Trustee Says 28,000 Customer Claims Mostly Settled
• NEC Trustee Sues Directors, Others Over Company's Demise
• HMOs Needn't Pay When 3rd-Party Cos. Fail, Aetna Tells Court
• $1.2M Truce Proposed Over Farer Fersko Bankruptcy Claims
• 4Kids, 'Pokemon' Co. Get OK For $1M Contract Row Settlement
• Good News For Defense In NY Asbestos Litigation
• San Bernardino Case May Set Venues For Future CalPERS Fights
• Disney Clashes With Media Effects Co. Over 3-D Tech License
• Bankruptcy MVP: Cadwalader's George Davis
• OSG Can't Justify Bond Waiver For $320M Funds: US Trustee
• Argentina Needn't Post Deposit For Injunction Stay: 2nd Circ.
• Circuit City Trust, Toshiba Settle $92M In Claims
• JPMorgan, Cerberus Not Bowled Over By AMF Ch. 11 Plan
• WaMu Trust Alleges Naked Shorting By Goldman, Seeks Probe
• 7th Circ. Yanks BNY Mellon Win In $312M Sentinel Claim Case
• Fraudulent Transfer Is The Bomb! Fallout From In Re Dynegy
• Madoff Trustee, Feeder Funds Reach $24M Settlement
• Ex-MLB Star Dykstra Gets 6 1/2 Months For Bankruptcy Fraud
• Manufacturer Revstone Industries Heads To Ch. 11
• Ernst & Young Pays $117M To Exit Sino-Forest Investor Suit
• Solar Co. Satcon Gets Nod For Credit Deal Over Objections
• Elpida Says IP Deal Foes Seek To Ax Reorganization Plan
• Bankruptcy Reform Panel Eyes Updates To Ch. 11
• A&P Parent Seeks Court OK To Close All But 1 Ch. 11 Case
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Bankruptcy MVP: Dechert's Allan Brilliant
• High Court Asks US To Weigh In On Ch. 7 Surcharge Question
• Sandy Damage Could Spark Wave Of NJ Bankruptcies
• When Bankruptcy Precludes Employment Claims