Bankruptcy Archive » January, 2014

Bankruptcy - January, 2014

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• Detroit Wants $1.44B Pension Finance 'Scam' Voided
• Commish Blasts Doc Request By Nightclub Insurer Units
• Arch Capital Closes $253M Buy Of US Insurance Cos.
• Tax Debts Don't Trump Other Claims In Ch. 13: 8th Circ.
• BankUnited Asks Supreme Court To Hear Tax Refund Case
• Miami Condotel Ex-Owners Sued Over Unpaid Rental Revenue
• Rotech Judge Slashes Baker & McKenzie Fee Request
• Diocese Files Ch. 11 To Free Up $15M For Sex Abuse Claims
• LightSquared In Talks For New Bankruptcy Exit Plan
• Ear Ringing False Ad Suit Tossed Over Bankruptcy Snafu
• Girls Gone Wild Settles $6M Claim Over Flashing Video
• Rail Co. Trustee Targets Oil Owner Over Deadly Derailment
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Sharon Hwang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kathy Noecker
• Fisker Threatens To Undermine Distressed-Debt Investing
• American Airlines Workers Claim Unions Withheld Equity
• IRS Asks Court To Reject Edison Mission's Ch. 11 Plan
• PE Firm Revives 'Mafia' Defamation Claims In Asset Sale Row
• MF Global Auditor Settles Customer Class Action
• Dewey Trustee Seeks $1M In Clawbacks From 4 Ex-Partners
• Detroit Manager Presents Bankruptcy Plan To Creditors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Yvonne Puig
• ResCap Judge Says $2M CRO Bonus Not Tied To Hourly Pay
• 6th Circ. Says Condo Owner Can't Sue Bankrupt Co.'s Insurers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Laurie Strauch Weiss
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• US Trustee Slams $2.7M Bonus To Wireless Co. CEO
• Capitol Bancorp Judge Confirms Liquidation Plan
• Madoff Victims Look To Opt Out Of $543M JPMorgan Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, AT&T, Lenovo
• A Close Look At Special Cases Of Bankruptcy Claims Trade
• Court Approves $1.55B In Loans For WR Grace Ch. 11 Exit
• Lehman Judge Says Goodbye, OKs $2B Fannie Mae Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Joanne Gray
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Barbara Duncombe
• American Airlines Escapes Baggage Fee Class Action
• Construction Lien Vs. Mortgage — The Claim Priority War
• Pacific Chloride Can Seek Fire Damages From Exide Insurers
• Dewey Gave Bad Advice On Tax Shelter, $6M Suit Says
• Bankrupt MedLab To Sell Units To LabCorp For $10.5M
• GAO Denies Rotech's Protest Over $42M In VA Contracts
• UK Yellow Pages Co. Hibu Seeks Ch. 15 In NY
• Penguin Wins $2.4M From Time/Warner In NY Appeal
• Non-US Cos. Can Effectively Restructure Using Ch. 11
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Young Conaway's Pauline Morgan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Phelps Dunbar's Nan Alessandra
• Bankrupt Global Aviation Cleared For Auction
• Lehman Trustee Settles With Japanese Units
• NJ High Court Tackles Tolling Of Liens In Bankruptcy
• K&L Gates To Pay $23.8M To End Malpractice Suit
• Bankruptcy Judges Nab Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• High Court Won't Take On $17M Mayer Brown Malpractice Suit
• ResCap Says Restructuring Chief Deserves $2M Bonus
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Angela Styles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Susan Murley
• Dewey's WARN Defenses Fall Flat, Laid-Off Workers Say
• Excel Maritime Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed By Judge
• Case Opens Up LBO Payments To Fraudulent Transfer Claims
• Ergen Venture Offers 'Superior' Loan To LightSquared
• Right To Choose Atty Key As Fallen Firms Seek Fees In NY
• Right Or Wrong, Dewsnup Is Law
• Aaroma Not Liable For Diacetyl Consumer Claims: 3rd Circ.
• Challenge To Trucking Co.'s Ch. 11 Deal Gets Booted
• Synergy Auditor Can't Escape Suit Over Co.'s $1B Fraud
• $1B Hotel Portfolio From Chatham, Cerberus On Sales Block
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Beinecke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Willkie's Margery Neale
• Investor Who Lost In Madoff Fund Deal Can't Sue, Judge Says
• Lehman's $2B Deal With Fannie Mae Hits Judge's Desk
• Va. Publisher Files For Ch. 11, Eyes Sale To Sandton
• Judge Approves MMA Railway Sale To Fortress Affiliate
• Commercial Bankruptcies Plunged In 2013, New Report Shows
• W.Va. Chemical Co. Reveals 2nd Contaminant In Tank Spill
• Thelen Judge Approves Trustee's Deals With 3 Ex-Partners
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fluet Huber's Jennifer Huber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goldberg Segalla's Berdzik
• A Bankruptcy Court's Good-Faith Lesson To Lenders
• Xtreme Power Files For Ch. 11, Seeks Out Prospective Buyer
• Stanford Receiver Asks High Court To Clarify Standing
• Former NFL Star Vince Young Files For Bankruptcy
• Lucchese Associate Wants More Wiretap Evidence At Trial
• Martifer Solar Slides Into Ch. 11, Blames Liquidity Woes
• 10th Circ. OKs Trustee's Sale Of Mining Co.'s Assets
• AIG To Pay $6M To Settle CDC Suit Over D&O Coverage
• LightSquared Judge Says Dish Properly Dropped $2.2B Bid
• Disclosure And Proof-Of-Claim Issues For Claim Buyers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Pamela Hans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Mayes
• Thelen Trustee, Robinson & Cole Settle Clawback Suit
• Railway Co. In Deadly Quebec Derailment Sold To Fortress
• NLRB Blasts HealthBridge-Run Centers' Ch. 11 Plan
• Quinn Emanuel Snags Stutman Restructuring Pro In LA
• For-Profit School Chain ATI Hits Ch. 7 After Aid Settlement
• Conflicts Doom Baker & McKenzie Fee Bid, Rotech Says
• Clothing Co. Dots Files For Ch. 11, Shutting 30 Stores
• Cuomo Asks Feds To Help Fund Ailing NYC Hospitals
• Proskauer Blasts Bankrupt OSG's Malpractice Claims
• Dewey Trustee Sues FedEx To Get Back Payments
• Spurned Suitor Tries To Block IBRC Retail Complex Deal
• Arcapita Judge OKs Accord Ending Claims Over $515M Deal
• Global Bike-Share Co. To Seek Bankruptcy Protection
• Corzine Can't Dodge CFTC Suit Over MF Global Collapse
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Nicole LeBoeuf
• Calif. Air Regulator Sues Exide For $40M Over Emissions
• Chemical Storage Co. Hits Ch. 11 In Wake Of W.Va. Spill
• SunTrust Ducks Claims Over $80M Notes Enforcement
• Trustee Says Curt Schilling Strikes Out In Document Dispute
• OGX Minority Bondholders Prepare To Battle Bankruptcy Plan
• Fisker Gets Nod For Feb. Auction, 2 Stalking Horse Bidders
• 4th Circ. Reverses $631K Restitution Against 'Dr. Shine'
• Consider An English Alternative To Ch. 11
• Bloggers Get Same Speech Protections As Press: 9th Circ.
• Dish Unit Defends Withdrawal Of $2B LightSquared Bid
• Plextronics Seeks Ch. 11, Plans $32.6M Sale To Solvay
• US Objects To ArmorWorks' Plan To Sell DOD Contracts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Kelly's Ellen Cappellanti
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cole Schotz's Randi Kochman
• 7th Circ. Says Nonbidder Can't Challenge Ethanol Plant Sale
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• Bankrupt OCZ Gets Nod For $35M Toshiba Sale
• Detroit's $165M Deal To Exit Swap Contracts Gets Nixed
• Pa. Wants Harrisburg Removed From Receiver's Authority
• Falcone Says He Wasn't Sure Ergen Bought LightSquared Debt
• Revstone Unit Sale To Proceed Despite Suitor's Challenge
• Belle Foods Ch. 11 Deal Stiffs Some Creditors, Court Told
• Savient Hid Cash Woes Before Ch. 11 Sale, Investors Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Resnick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Erika Haupt
• Curt Schilling Seeks To Block Release of Bankruptcy Docs
• Lehman Court At Odds With Itself Over Swap Safe Harbor
• Revstone Slams Suitor's Bid To Block Nondebtor Unit Sale
• Lyondell Shareholders Can't Shake Creditors Clawback Suit
• Longview Judge Won't Order Mediation In Contractor Fight
• Cengage Creditors Demand Apax Docs Connected To Debt Buy
• Data Co. Edgenet Enters Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• Top NY Court To Eye 'Unfinished Business' In Coudert Case
• Pointers In Bankruptcy Claims Trading
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Rhonda Orin
• Bankrupt Constar Gets Nod For New $17.4M DIP Loan
• How To Minimize Risks In Leasehold Mortgage Financing
• Fisker Automotive Suitor To Appeal $25M Credit-Bid Cap
• Justices Grill Insurer On Bankruptcy Judge Authority
• Toshiba Scoops Up OCZ After No Other Bids Appear
• Madoff Trustee's Supreme Court Case Puts DOJ In Bind
• Sex Abuse Allegations Drive Calif. Diocese To Ch. 11
• Anadarko Contests $14.1B Judgment In Tronox Bankruptcy
• Kodak Trustee Launches 100 Suits To Recover Funds
• American Airlines Seeks Exit From Product Package IP Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Mary Beth Hogan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford's Katherine Kimpel
• Bankruptcy Judge Bernstein To Take Over Madoff Case
• Comcast Wants Examiner For Sports Network Auction
• Bankrupt Longview Seeks Mediator For Contractor Fight
• For Judge Lifland, Compassion And Complexity Ruled The Day
• Ergen Denies LightSquared Buy Was To Secretly Help Dish
• Fisker Bidding Intensifies As Hybrid Tech Ups Offer To $55M
• Oil Services Co. Green Field To Get Examiner In Ch. 11
• JPMorgan's $218M Madoff Settlement Wins Initial Nod
• Garlock Sues 5 Law Firms For Asbestos Fraud
• IRS Says It Can Target 'Gap Interest' On Bankrupt Lawyer
• Bankruptcy Judge Lifland, Who Oversaw Madoff Case, Dies
• 2nd Circ. Says Madoff Suits Can't Sidestep Ch. 11 Injunction
• High Court Rejects Challenge To Lothian Bankruptcy Deal
• 3rd Circ. Opens New Punitive Damages Doors For Creditors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Otterbourg's Melanie Cyganowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Joan Disler
• High Court Wants DOJ Opinion On Madoff Trustee Suit
• Bankrupt Landauer Balks At Rival's Motion To Litigate NY Suit
• GMX's Ch. 11 Plan Can't Be Confirmed, Trustee Says
• Dewey Continues Clawback Spree With $12M Adversary Suit
• Garlock Liable For $125M, Fraction Of Asbestos Claims
• Bankrupt Carmaker Fisker Ordered To Hold Auction
• Supreme Court Urged To Take Winston Malpractice Case
• American Spectrum Units Enter Ch. 11 To Halt Foreclosures
• Bankrupt Loehmann's Executive Bonuses Get Shut Down
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Fillmore's $220M Mall Loan Dispute
• Dish Exec Says Ergen's LightSquared Debt Buy Was Personal
• NY Appellate Panel Revives Tax-Deferred RE Malpractice Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Publicover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fowler White's Rhea Law
• Creditors Must Adapt To Emerging Payment Systems
• Bankrupt Constar Gets Nod For $69M Auction Plan
• Detroit Retirees Sue City Over Slashed Health Benefits
• Bankrupt Green Field Says RSA Hearing Shouldn't Be Delayed
• Dewey Trustee Sues Two Ex-Partners For $1.3M In Clawbacks
• Tronox Court Sheds More Light On Legacy Liabilities
• Suitor Says It Was Shut Out Of Auction For Revstone Unit
• Dish Drops $2B LightSquared Bid As Debt Trial Begins
• Ex-Execs Of Bulletproof Vest Co. Duck KO Bid In FCA Suit
• DC Circ. Revives K-V's FDA Enforcement Row
• 3rd Circ. Reverses Contempt Order In Bayer Fraud Suit
• McCarter Faces Clawback Suit In Getty Petroleum Ch. 11
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Sharon Caffrey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Katy Basile
• Ex-Dewey Partners Say Trustee Stalling Claims Objections
• Bankrupt Crescent Settles With Duke Over $1.6B Debt Deal
• 11th Circ. Rejects Insurer's Cross-Appeal In Row With FDIC
• WR Grace Eyes $1.55B Package In Ch. 11 Exit
• Suitor For Bankrupt Fisker Ups Buyout Offer By $10M
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
• Ch. 9 Appeals May Open Doors For Distressed Cities
• In Re Millard Reveals Taxing Authority Travails In Ch. 15
• Judge OKs Seneca Foods' $148M Bid For Bankrupt Allens
• Understanding The Reasons Traders Buy Bankruptcy Claims
• Ex-COO Wants $1M-Plus For Stock In Bankrupt Vodka Co.
• Ch. 13 Bars Tax Deed Owner's Property Claim, 7th Circ. Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnstein's Kathleen Gilligan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Maureen Maly
• JPMorgan's $2.6B Deal In Madoff Cases A Warning For Banks
• US Trustee Balks At Velti's Proposed Financial Adviser
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• ATP Oil & Gas Ducks KO Bid In Suit Over Property Deals
• Prime Healthcare Gets Stay On Bankruptcy Court's Dismissal
• Loehmann's Inventory, IP Sales Get Bankruptcy Judge's OK
• Key Settlement Approved In Nortel Ch. 11
• Harrisburg Officials Lose Appeal Of State Takeover
• Bankrupt Solar Co. Is Hiding Deceitful Past, Creditors Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Brett Axelrod
• 'Ponzi Scheme' Applies To DBSI Case, Prosecutors Say
• Dish's $2B Offer For LightSquared On Brink Of Collapse
• Applying Judicial Estoppel In Fla., Ga. And Federal Courts
• Detroit Will Shape Muni Debt Market For Years To Come
• Bankrupt Landauer Gets Nod for $22M Sale To Quadrant
• Creditor Blasts Constar's $69M Stalking Horse Sale Plan
• ATP Successor Says Contractor Bungled Well Operation
• Santander Accuses Pa. Law Firm Of Shoddy Loan Review
• Fowler White Burnett Adds Bankruptcy Practice
• Taylor Bean's $610M Deal With Ginnie Mae Wins Judge's Nod
• Bankruptcy Group of the Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• No Looking Back At Prepetition Judgments In 7th Circ.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Christine LaFollette
• 6th Circ. Blocks Health Benefit Cuts For Flint Retirees
• OCZ Technology Creditors Aim To Scuttle $2.4M Bonus Plan
• Trustee Challenges Bankrupt Loehmann's Exec Bonuses
• Insurers' Exhaustion Defense Fails In Asbestos Coverage Suit
• LA Wants AMR Airport Lease Fight Moved To Calif.
• US Urges High Court To Nix Quality Stores' $1M Refund
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jones Day
• Madoff Funds Drop Deutsche Bank Suit Over $1.6B Debt
• PE Firm's Stalking Horse Bid OK'd For Car Rental Co.
• Trustee Fights $2M Bonus For ResCap Restructuring Chief
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Brenda Jarrell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bond Schoeneck's Ginny Robbins
• 11th Circ. Sows Doubt Over Insolvent Bank Tax Refunds
• Anglo Irish Bank Says 2nd Flynn Lawsuit Violates Stay
• Fisker Sale Hearing Delayed As New Suitor Emerges
• LightSquared, Harbinger Attack Lenders' Proposed Plan
• When File Type Matters In E-Discovery
• Former Dewey Chairman Takes Middle East Appointment
• Ambac Says Detroit's $165M Swaps Deal Is Still Too Costly
• Evergreen Int'l Aviation Hits Ch. 7 After Creditor Action
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Peak Rock Nabs Honey Co. Groeb's Successor After Ch. 11
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Patty Shlonsky
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Cynthia Walden
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• 10 New Year's Resolutions To Boost Firm Gender Diversity
• Cheap Financing Will Keep Bankruptcies Down In 2014
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year