Bankruptcy Archive » December, 2013

Bankruptcy - December, 2013

185 articles

• 2nd Circ. Raises A Drawbridge To Ch. 15
• CIT To Pay $60M To Settle Tyco Tax-Agreement Feud
• Steel Co. Seeks High Court Review Of Nucor Antitrust Suit
• Canadian Creditors Say Nortel Deal Could Hurt Them
• PNC Says Zuckerman Has Conflict In Military Supplier Ch. 11
• Bankruptcy Court Allows ATP To Sell UK Subsidiary
• Spurned Buyer Sues Tampa Port Authority Over Retail Center
• Pfizer Absolved In Quigley Asbestos Injury Suit
• NJ Developer Faces Ch. 11 Challenge Over $350M Land Row
• Bankrupt Orchard Supply Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan
• Velti Gets Green Light For Sale To Blackstone Unit
• Intel Succeeds In Axing Lehman Claims Over $1B Collateral
• Blitz, Wal-Mart Close In On $162M Deal In Gas Can Litigation
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• ResCap Attys Look Back On A Rollercoaster Bankruptcy
• Fisker Wants $3.8M In WARN Claims Deemed Worthless
• Fresh & Easy Estate Gets OK For $41.5M Property Sale
• Bankrupt Scrap Metal Co.'s Execs Sued For $65M By Creditors
• Bankrupt OCZ Tech Gets Nod For Jan. Auction
• Bottle Co. Constar Floats $69M Asset Sale In Ch. 11
• A Trade Creditor's Guide To Fraudulent Transfer Cases
• Detroit Emergency Manager, Mayor Agree To Share Power
• US Bank Regulators Seek Stricter Tax Refund Rules
• Sens. Want To Create Ch. 14 Bankruptcy For Failed Banks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• HHS Fears MedLab Sale May Run Afoul Of HIPAA
• Longview Power Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• A Warning On WARN Act Exposure For Equity Investors
• Anglo Irish Bank Wins Ch. 15 Recognition
• Orchard Supply Shoots Down IRS Objection To Ch. 11 Plan
• Casino Miami Jai-Alai Bankruptcy Sale Procedures OK'd
• Benefits Trade Group Defends FICA Tax Refund To High Court
• Lehman, Kodak Bankruptcy Judges To Retire In 2014
• Bankrupt NJ Casino's Exec Bonus Plan Adjusted By Judge
• How To Determine Whether To File A Claim In Bankruptcy
• NY City Opera Can't Pay Back Workers, Ticketholders
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• How To Negotiate Nonrecourse Carveout Guarantees
• Nortel Settlement Resolves Billions In UK, Euro Claims
• Ambulance Co. Rural/Metro Wins Approval For Ch. 11 Plan
• Physiotherapy Holdings Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan
• Specialty Products Judge Could Rethink Asbestos Deadline
• ResCap Strikes Deals Resolving $247M In Borrower Claims
• Patriot Coal Gets Judge's Nod To Exit Bankruptcy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• Blackstone Credit Division To Snap Up Velti Assets
• Seneca Foods Plans $148M Deal For Bankrupt Allens
• LightSquared Pulls Plug On Sale To Centerbridge
• Kaye Scholer Wins $4.2M Attys' Fees In GSC Bankruptcy Row
• Bankrupt Miami Casino Gets Extra Day To Land Stalking Horse
• Penthouse Publisher Resolves SEC Dispute Over Ch. 11 Plan
• Fox & Hound, Champps Parent Seeks Sale In Ch. 11
• Syntax Trust Urges 3rd Circ. To Revive Preferred Bank Suit
• CalPERS Allowed To Appeal San Bernardino's Ch. 9 Case
• Atlantic Express Gets OK For 1st Wave Of Asset Sales
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• Discount Retailer Loehmann's Files For Ch. 11 Protection
• OCZ Tech's Auction Terms Chill Bidding, Trustee Says
• Dewey Can Subpoena Law Firms In Partner Bonus Disputes
• Judge Overrules Objections To $154M TLO Bankruptcy Sale
• Orchard's $8M Tax Debt Spurs IRS Objection To Ch. 11 Plan
• Bankrupt Savient Gets OK For $120M Sale To Crealta
• BofA Asks Justices To Resolve Circ. Split On Ch. 7 Liens
• Bank Holding Co.'s Ch. 11 Asset Sale Gets Nod
• Quality Stores Asks High Court To Affirm $1M Tax Refund
• FDA Encouraged Illegal Compounding, K-V Tells DC Circ.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• 5 Steps To A Successful Cross-Examination
• Longview Sues To Cut Down Mechanic's Liens In Ch. 11
• Tronox Trust Wins Up To $14B In Kerr-McGee Spinoff Row
• Rockets To Take Reins From Astros In Network Negotiations
• Parker Ibrahim & Berg Expands To Philadelphia
• IRS Claim Against Debtor Could Be Time-Barred: 6th Circ.
• No Bright-Line For Foreign Insolvency Law In Ch. 15
• Bankrupt Hotel Staffing Co.'s $23M Sale Gets Judge's OK
• Reorganized RFS Loses $37M Tax Refund Bid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• NY Appeals Court Will Hear Thelen, Seyfarth Fee Dispute
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Dish, European Commission
• Jilted Stalking Horse Wants Dallas Bank Auction Reopened
• Bankrupt Savient Takes $120M Bid From Pharma Co. Crealta
• Bankrupt Fla. Casino Gets Deadline For Stalking Horse Deal
• For FDIC, Big Bank Wind-Down Plan Is Best Bad Choice
• 2nd Circ. Says Foreign Cos. Can't Skirt Key Bankruptcy Rule
• Majestic Star Beats Challenge To Lowered Tax Assessment
• Defense Contractor Reaches Ch. 11 In Wake Of BAE Suit
• Insurer Owes Lender For Construction Liens, 7th Circ. Told
• When And Where To File A Proof Of Claim
• Trustee Bid In Revstone Ch. 11 Delayed To Allow PBGC Talks
• Excel Maritime Gets Go-Ahead To Solicit Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Nonrecourse Claimants Have A Claim In Bankruptcy
• Advantage Rent A Car, Hertz Settle Lease Deal Dispute
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• ResCap Ends Bankruptcy As Judge Confirms Liquidation Plan
• Dish Chairman Finds No Quick Exit From LightSquared Row
• OSG Creditors Move To Curb Ch. 11 Exclusivity Extension
• Fisker Gets Nod To Keep Ch. 11 Plan On Fast Track
• FDIC OKs Publication Of Strategy For Big Bank Wind-Downs
• Comcast Blasts Astros Owner's Suit Over Regional Network
• 2nd Circ. Revives WARN Suit Against Steve & Barry's Parent
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• Ch. 11 Trustee Questions $2.1M Jackpot For Casino Execs
• Del. High Court Exposes Insurers To More Asbestos Claims
• Madoff Trustee May Pursue Assigned Customer Claims
• Gulfstream Execs To Pay Trustee $1.9M To Settle Lawsuits
• Prime Healthcare Loses Bid To Block Hospital Sale To Rival
• Vedder Price Snags Seyfarth Bankruptcy Pro
• Ch. 11 Reform Panel To Consider Secured Lender Rights
• Lone Pine Seeks Nod To Enter $40M Hedge Agreements
• Miami Condo's $13M Bankruptcy Sale Wins Judge's Nod
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Kirkland Guides Petroflow's $230M Ex-Drilling Partner Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• AMR-US Airways Merger Takes Effect
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• Holding Co.'s Sale Of Dallas Bank Lacks Details, Creditors Say
• Customers Can't Block AMR-US Airways Merger
• Anglo Irish Bank Says Borrowers Would Hamper Asset Sale
• Revstone Says Creditors' Bid For Trustee Is 'Cynical Play'
• 2nd Circ. Nixes MF Global Customers' Bid For Ch. 11 Priority
• Bankrupt TMT Can Seek Release Of Creditor-Seized Ships
• Cole Schotz Adds Young Conaway Bankruptcy Partner In NY
• 3rd Circ. Rules Out Arbitration In $7.5B Nortel Cash Dispute
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• Hotel Staffing Co.'s Sale Stiffs Unsecured Creditors, AIG Says
• Getty Trustee Hits Former Owners With $6.5M Clawback Suit
• Bankrupt Edwin Watts Golf Gets Nod For $40M Asset Sale
• LightSquared Defends Suit Against Dish Over $1B Debt Buy
• Howrey Trustee Sets Sights On Seyfarth To Recover Assets
• Atari Bankruptcy Plan Wins Court Approval
• Bankruptcy MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Howard Seife
• Unit Owners' $13M Bid Wins Fla. Resort's Bankruptcy Auction
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Drilling Holding Co. Hits Ch. 11 Amid Control Fight At Unit
• Detroit Art Could Be Worth $866M, Christie's Says
• Advantage Rent A Car's $36M Bankruptcy Loan Approved
• Global Aviation Plans Stalking Horse Sale To Cerberus Unit
• Bankruptcy MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Gary Lee
• Customers Lose Bid To Stall AMR, US Airways Merger
• OCZ Technology Gets Interim Nod For $23.5M DIP
• Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Continue Downward Spiral
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• Understanding The Calculation Of Bankruptcy Claims
• US Objects To Edwin Watts Auction Over Contract Concerns
• 5th Circ. Flugence Case May Sway Section 550(a) Readings
• Getty Trustee Sues Greenberg To Reclaim Pre-Ch. 11 Debt
• ResCap, Bondholders Make Peace Over Ch. 11 Plan
• Detroit Judge's Ch. 9 Ruling Will Fire Up Pension Dispute
• Sealing The Deal: Greenberg Steers Versace Mansion Buy
• KB Toys Highlights Pitfalls For Bankruptcy Claims Buyers
• Taylor Bean Trustee, Ginnie Mae Reach Deal For $610M Claim
• Former Le-Nature's VP Says Lawyer Botched Fraud Trial
• 6 Suitors Emerge For Edwin Watts Golf Shops Ch. 11 Auction
• Bankruptcy MVP: Weil Gotshal's Stephen Karotkin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• Detroit Eligible For Ch. 9 Bankruptcy, Judge Rules
• TMT Creditor Seeks To Pursue $2.7M Real Estate Transfer
• OCZ Technology Hits Ch. 11, Plans $35M Sale To Toshiba
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Hits 5 More Partners With Clawback Suits
• Defunct Tech Co. Wants Suit Against Southern Union Revived
• Bankruptcy MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman
• Velti Secures $25M DIP Loan After Striking Creditor Deal
• FirstBank Pushes Court To Throw Out Island Resort's Ch. 11
• Creditor Asks To Maintain $3.7M Ruling Against NJ Lawmaker
• IRS Immune From Bankruptcy Trustees, 7th Circ. Hears
• Topland Snaps Up $139M In Menzies UK-Based Hotel Assets
• Devonshire PGA Holdings Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Detroit Workers Rip $350M Loan Plan As Ch. 9 Ruling Looms
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas
• Kleinberg Kaplan Snags Vinson & Elkins Bankruptcy Partner
• Is Complex-Investment Litigation Really Declining?