Bankruptcy Archive » March, 2014

Bankruptcy - March, 2014

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• Auto-Parts Maker Budd Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $1B In Liabilities
• Howrey Trustee Aims Latest Clawback Suit At Perkins Coie
• Allied Pilots Urge AMR Judge To Toss Class Action
• Reorganized Syms Seeks Nod To Sell NJ Lease For $30M
• AgFeed Settles With SEC, Gives Up Securities Registration
• Falcone Touts Confidence In LightSquared Post-Ch. 11
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, House Of Fraser, NY Islanders
• Haynes And Boone Ducks High Court Appeal Over $1.3M Fee
• Dewey Trustee Slaps Ex-COO With $9M Clawback Suit
• First Horizon Wins Round In Sentinel Securities Sales Row
• Saab Trustee Claims Execs' Missteps Led To Bankruptcy
• A Continuing Trend Toward Limiting Bankruptcy Court Power
• High Court Won't Hear BofA's Ch. 7 Junior Lien Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brownstein's Ellen Schulhofer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Lori Heyer-Bednar
• Meat Co. AFA Seeks $84M In Slew Of Clawback Suits
• Miss. Hospital Gives Ch. 9 Bankruptcy Another Go
• MF Global's Plan Head Raps PwC With $1B Malpractice Suit
• Rural ISP Hits Ch. 11, Citing Gov't Financing Woes
• Ford Can Ask District Court To Unseal Garlock Docs
• 9th Circ. Cancels Oral Argument In IndyMac D&O Saga
• Judge Revives Hawker Whistleblowers' $2.3B Complaint
• Bankrupt Fletcher Firm Gets Liquidiation Plan Confirmed
• Ex-Dewey Workers Detail Fraud At Defunct Firm
• Mt. Gox Examiner Given More Time To Complete Investigation
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Susan Serota
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McDermott's Effie Silva
• Another Nod To NY's Separate Entity Rule
• As E-Discovery Goes Global, Japan And South Korea Catch Up
• Peregrine Bankruptcy Trustee, JPMorgan Ink $15M Settlement
• PwC Escapes Securities Fraud Claim Over Bank's Downfall
• $135M Chicago Spire Settlement Gets Judge's Nod
• A Reopened GM Bankruptcy Could Land In Uncharted Waters
• Ex-Dewey Exec Says Fraud Came From The Top
• Legal Needs To Rethink Its Dropbox Account
• Mortgage Review Firm Hits Ch. 11 After Losing Fraud Suit
• Japanese Bank Denies Aiding Alleged Mt. Gox Fraud
• 9th Circ. Urged To Nix Hearing In $80M IndyMac D&O Row
• 2nd Circ. Remands DHL's United Price-Fixing Suit
• Pittsburgh Pro Soccer Team Files For Ch. 11 Protection
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gruber Hurst's Shonn Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tiffany Downs
• 8th Circ. Expands New-Value Defense In Preference Actions
• How Law Firms Can Stay Profitable While Clients Cut Costs
• Aetna Seeks Info On Specialty Products Asbestos Claimants
• Exide's Pick Of King & Spalding For Probe Draws Scrutiny
• Longview Should Scrap Its Ch. 11 Plan, Contractor Says
• Dish's Ergen Hammered By LightSquared Lenders Over Value
• Miami Casino Sells For $155M In Ch. 11 Auction
• Seismic Data Co. Global Geophysical Hits Ch. 11
• Builder's Trustee Can't Collect From IRS, 11th Circ. Says
• Understanding Exit Financing
• Simplexity Plans $10M Stalking Horse Sale To Wal-Mart
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Farella Braun's Mary McCutcheon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Drinker Biddle's Jill Bronson
• Ex-Dewey Exec Sued By Aviva Over Losses On $35M Notes
• Creditor Wants Trustee In Money Centers Of America Ch. 11
• Justices Tank $1B In Severance Pay Tax Refunds
• Madoff Aide Verdict A Reminder To Fess Up Early
• Ex-Sentinel CEO Guilty On All Counts For $500M Fraud
• Bankrupt Green Field Gets Nod To Sell JV Stake For $17.8M
• Dewey Workers Who Pled Guilty May Soon Be Identified
• Leveling The Playing Field For Small Business
• Judge OKs Ch. 15 Request For Brazilian Gas Distributor
• Ex-Worker Sues Bankrupt LandAmerica Over Depleted Stock
• Detroit Judge Demands Details Of $120M Barclays Loan
• The Prolific Pragmatist: Judge Richard Posner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Martis Alex
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dinsmore's Joanne Schreiner
• Crowell & Moring Settles Howrey Unfinished Biz Claims
• Lucchese Associates Can't Duck Fraud, Racketeering Case
• How Dodd-Frank Impacts Creditors Of Bankrupt Banks
• Severance Payments Are Taxable Under FICA, Justices Say
• Suits Over Deadly Canada Train Derailment Sent To Maine
• Ex-Sentinel CEO Lied To Investors Until Bitter End, Jury Hears
• 9th Circ. Revives $100M Bryan Cave Legal Malpractice Suits
• Corzine, Former MF Global Execs Can't Escape Trustee Suit
• German Law Firms Raided Over Work On Deutsche Bank Case
• Senator Pushes DOJ To Set Up Fund For GM Victims
• LightSquared Says Dish Chair Withheld Key Docs In Debt Row
• Detroit Emergency Manager Says Creditor Support Is Mounting
• Ill. Court Revives Insurer's Fight With Bankrupt Contractor
• Dolan Co. Hits Ch. 11 To Shave Debt From Foreclosure Units
• 5 Former Madoff Aides Convicted Of Assisting Ponzi Scheme
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Susan Foster
• Technology — Not Just For The Privileged Anymore
• 4 Elite New York Law Firms Keep Partner Ranks Lean
• NY, Chicago Home To Most Law360 400 Firms
• Jones Day Lands Top Spot In Law360 400
• In BigLaw, The Big Keep Getting Bigger
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms
• Bankrupt Tuscany Drilling Gets OK For Sale Plan, $70M DIP
• Skadden To Pay $4.25M To Settle Fletcher Ch. 11 Tiff
• Jury Continues To Deliberate Fate Of Madoff Associates
• Fla. Court Can't Install Fla. Receiver For Out-Of-State Biz
• Attys Bash Aetna's Bid For Garlock Asbestos Claimants Info
• Money Centers Of America Enters Ch. 11 Bankruptcy
• Cleary Gottlieb To Rep Mexico's GEO in $1.5B Restructuring
• How They Won It: Brown Rudnick Brings The Heat In Fisker
• 4th Circ. Twists The Section 548(c) Good-Faith Norm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Glaser Weil's Patty Glaser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kristin Myles
• How To Reduce Risk, Make More Money In Contingency Cases
• Ch. 15 And Public Policy Lessons From Jaffe V. Samsung
• OSG Shareholders Win Bid To Push Back Ch. 11 Plan Pact
• Dynegy Denies Lying About Prebankruptcy Coal Deal
• Wis. Assembly Passes Asbestos Trust Transparency Bill
• PE Firm Urges Judge To Throw Out Gulfco's Ch. 11
• 8th Circ. Beefs Up 'New Value' Exception To Clawbacks
• $7M Jackson Hewitt Franchise Suit Survives Ch. 11 Discharge
• Dolan Co. Seeks To Offload $170M Debt In Ch. 11
• Lehman Judge Peck Reflects On 'Case Of A Lifetime'
• Mt. Gox CEO Stashing Bitcoins Outside US, Atty Says
• Sick Juror Dismissed From Madoff Cohorts' Trial
• Dewey Execs Can't Stall Bankruptcy Litigation For Long
• JPMorgan-Backed Transcription Tech Co. Enters Ch. 11
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Kathie Brandt
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Day Pitney's Beth Sher
• Jury Deadlocks In Fraud Suit Against Defunct Builder's CEO
• Peregrine CEO's Ex-Wife To Pay $2.9M To Settle Trustee Suit
• Ethanol Maker's Suit Over Ruinous Blast Found Time-Barred
• Simplexity Gets Nod For $1M DIP To Fund Quick Sale
• FCStone May Keep $16M Sentinel Payout, 7th Circ. Rules
• LightSquared Director Says Exit Plan Is Fair To Dish Chair
• How Restructuring Cos. Can Initiate Exchange Offers
• Birdsall Execs To Pay $4M In Settlement With Trustee
• Edison Mission Gets Final Approval For $2.6B Sale To NRG
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Jana Cohen Barbe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Nancy Vollertsen
• Juror's Illness Delays Trial Of Former Madoff Aides
• The Merry Crusader: Judge Jed Rakoff
• Creditors Want Green Field Examiner Report Unsealed
• Sbarro Bets Big On Kirkland To Guide 2nd Bankruptcy
• Allens Creditor Wants Sanctions For Freeborn & Peters Atty
• Quantum Foods Gets OK For New Stalking Horse's $54M Bid
• Solyndra Fights Suntech's Bid For Ch. 15 Protection
• Comcast Yanks Offer To Buy Bankrupt Sports Network
• Creditors Hoping To Force Jacoby & Meyers Into Bankruptcy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Christine Azar
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wolf Greenfield's Helen Lockhart
• IRS Rips Bankrupt Atty's 'Illegal' Request To Discharge Interest
• Bond Insurer Slams Detroit Suit, Seeks To Intervene
• Creditors, Speak Often Or Forever Hold Your Peace
• Equity Holders Say Tuscany Mum On Ch 11 Sale Plan
• Settlement On Credit Bid OK'd Ahead Of Miami Casino Sale
• Savient Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• Dish's Ergen, LightSquared Take Final Swings In Debt Row
• Phone Services Co. Simplexity Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• Quiznos On Road To Fast Ch. 11 Trip
• 9th Circ. Won't Nix Arguments In $80M IndyMac D&O Row
• Ford Wants Evidence Of Plaintiff Hijinks From Garlock Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hangley's Ashely Chan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen
• Law Firms Of The Future Will Be The Lawyers Of The Past
• GM's Bankruptcy Shield Too Flimsy To Block Defect Suits
• Lucchese Cohort Banished From Fraud Trial For Outbursts
• Bankrupt Green Field Gets Judge's Nod For $50M Asset Deal
• Fewer Stalking Horse Perks Discourage Distressed Buyers
• Judge OKs MF Global Customer-Trustee Claim Settlement
• Tampa Port Authority Sues IBRC For Failing Retail Center
• Think Before You Blog: 8 Considerations For Attorneys
• Quiznos Hits Ch. 11 Looking To Slash $400M In Debt
• Trial Of Accused Madoff Ponzi Pals Nears A Finale
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt Kurnit's Victoria Cook
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Denise Mingrone
• Madoff Aides Knew 'Bernie Claus' Wasn't Real: Prosecutor
• Thelen Trustee Seeks Rulings In 4 Partner Clawbacks
• Hellas Liquidators File $1.3B Suit Against TPG, Apax
• IRS Bankruptcy Controls Not Always Followed, TIGTA Says
• Revstone Parent Blasts Deal Over $95M In Pension Claims
• Sentinel Customers Cry Fraud At Ex-CEO's Criminal Trial
• San Bernardino Gets Lease Deadline Extended In Ch. 9 Case
• Landauer Gets Nod To Solicit Votes For Ch. 11 Plan
• Cengage Learning Gets Green Light For Reorganization Plan
• Coudert, Dechert Battle Over Confidential Client Records
• Post-Fisker Credit-Bidding Concerns Are Unwarranted
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston Hunt's Louise Ing
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Mary Braza
• Kodak Agrees To Pay $52M For 3 NY, NJ Site Cleanups
• Madoff Called 'Pathological Liar' As Aides Wrap Up Defense
• LightSquared Tries To Ax Regulatory Hurdle For Exec Bonuses
• How High Court Ruling Will Impact Int'l Arbitration In US
• A Guide To Negotiating Forbearance Agreements
• Chicago Spire Developer Settles Restructuring Dispute
• Sbarro Eyes April Exit Out Of Bankruptcy
• Ill. Sues American Airlines Over Fuel Tax Scheme
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Katten's Shannon Broome
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Barbara Rummel
• Proskauer Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Income Tax Row
• Feds Obsessing Over Ex-Madoff Aide's Wealth, Atty Says
• Bankrupt IBahn Gets Nod For $13M Sale To Guest-Tek
• MF Global Execs Again Duck Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claims
• SEC Alleges Accounting Fraud By AgFeed, Former Principals
• Branding, Leasing Woes Tip Dining Chains Toward Ch. 11
• A Primer On Intercreditor Agreements
• IRS Loses Bid To Tap LifeCare Sale Funds For $24M Tax Claim
• Edison Mission Judge Confirms Reorganization Plan
• 'One Life To Live' Production Co. Hits Ch. 11
• Mt. Gox CEO Slapped With US Assets Freeze
• Madoff Trustee Sues In NY To Halt Fla. Class Actions
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pastor
• SEC Urges 2nd Circ. To Reverse Tribune Unwinding Decision
• Staples Downsizing May Be Alarm Call For Traditional Retail
• OCZ Creditors Try To Stall $7.5M Deal With Investors
• Former Dewey Execs Haunted By Damning Emails
• Sentinel Misled Customers Before Collapse, Ex-CFO Tells Jury
• Ga. Court Throws Wrench Into FDIC D&O Insurance Battles
• Sbarro's Latest Bankruptcy Can't Be Reheated Version Of 1st
• Screen Capital's Claims Axed From Bergstein Bankruptcies
• Atty For Ex-Madoff Aide Says Star Witness Lied On Stand
• Liberty Medical Blames Bankruptcy On Former Owner Medco
• Women's Clothing Retailer Ashley Stewart Seeks Bankruptcy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Manatt's Linda Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Yuliya Oryol
• A To-Do List For Day 1 Of Federal Court Receivership
• Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Seeks US Bankruptcy Relief
• Sbarro Files 2nd Ch. 11 Petition Since 2011
• OSG Floats Ch. 11 Plan Featuring Debt-for-Equity Swap
• Dewey Case Shows Staffers Help The Boss At Their Own Peril
• Pa. Atty Gets 18 Months For Fraud After Judge Knocks Feds
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Units Should Stay In LA Office, Trustee Says
• OneBeacon Can't Battle FDIC In Ga. Over D&O Coverage
• Backstreet Boys To Quit Playing Games With Ch. 11 Claims
• Detroit Retirees Say Pension Cuts Will Impoverish Them
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Edwards Wildman's Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Mitchell
• How To Avoid Discovery Problems While Using The Cloud
• 3rd Circ. Ruling Gives 363 Asset Purchasers More Security
• Detroit Says $120M Barclays Financing For Public Services
• Employers Of Indicted Dewey Execs Face Reputation Risks
• Fisker Gets $10.5M DIP To Cover Costs Until Sale Closes
• HealthBridge-Run Centers' Ch. 11 Plan OK'd In NLRB Fight
• Green Field Cancels Ch. 11 Auction To Go With Stalking Horse
• Dewey Charges Are Wake-Up Call For BigLaw Accounting
• Dewey Execs' Criminal Charges To Bolster Clawback Efforts
• Ex-Dewey Execs Face Tough Choices In Criminal Case Ahead
• Bankrupt Plextronics Gets Nod For $32.6M Sale To Solvay
• RI Lawmaker Loses Bid For Ex-All Star's Game Co. Docs
• Dewey Alums Reflect On 'House Of Cards' Amid Exec Charges
• $100M Deal In Meningitis Outbreak MDL Nears Finish Line
• Bankrupt Optim Energy Gets OK For $115M DIP Package
• Circuits Still Split Over Enviro Fines In Bankruptcy
• FINRA Deletes Red Flags From Brokers' Records, Says Study
• Former Dewey Execs Tap White Collar Pros For Defense
• A Cautionary Tale For Proactive Creditors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Jill Nicholson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Squire Sanders' Caroline Noblet
• Former Dewey Leaders Indicted Over Historic Collapse
• Top Ex-Dewey Execs Likely To Face Criminal Charges
• Bankrupt Edgenet Seeks To Sink Bid For Official Committee
• Trigeant Claims Sabotage, Hijinks In Oil Family Feud
• Madoff Trustee Tells 2nd Circ. Customer Cash Is Fair Game
• Pa. Atty Gets Year In Jail For Role In $14M Mortgage Fraud
• Justices Keep US Courts' Role In Global Arbitration In Check
• D&O Insurers Urge Del. High Court To Dismiss WaMu Suit
• ResCap Examiner To Produce Testimony For RMBS Probe
• Examining Key Areas Of Potential Loan Default
• Uranium Supplier USEC Hits Ch. 11 With Prepackaged Plan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Anna Shimko
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton
• Commercial Bankruptcies Take Big Tumble From Last Year
• High Court Revives $185M Argentine Gas Arbitration Award
• The King Of Late Night: Judge Robert Gerber
• Bankrupt Longview's Deal To Fix $2B Plant Gets Judge's Nod
• Ex-Sentinel Trader Implicates CEO At $500M Fraud Trial
• Judge Lifts St. Vincent Stay For $30M In AIG Arbitration
• Texas Tax Authorities Object To IBahn Bankruptcy Sale
• LightSquared Urges Judge To Ax 'No' Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
• Feds Say Madoff Aides Lied As Marathon Trial Nears End
• Bergstein Investor Fights Arbitration Bid Over $590M Loans
• NJ 'Real Housewives' Stars Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges
• IRS 'Gap Interest' Suit Is Bogus, Bankrupt Atty Says
• Bankrupt WL Homes To Pay $1M To Settle WARN Suit
• Detroit's Bank Deal Benefits Go Far Beyond Debt Cuts
• Trustee Can't Surcharge Debtor's Property, High Court Says
• Power Generator MACH Gen Seeks Ch. 11 To Slash $1B In Debt
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Liz Thomas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Palmina Fava
• As Legal Profession Evolves, GCs Outpace The Norm
• Detroit, Banks Reach New $85M Deal To End Swap Contracts
• Bankrupt Optim Energy Seeks Approval Of $115M DIP Loan
• High Court Won't Revive Malpractice Claims Against Winston & Strawn
• 2nd Circ.'s Strict Ch. 15 Rule Will Drive Cases To Delaware
• NJ City Says Wong Fleming Isn't Owed Fees For Ch. 11 Work
• Fisker Creditor Blasts Committee's Move To Probe Liens
• Holland & Knight Pushes For Jury Trial In Malpractice Case
• Developer's Trustee Sues Houston Firm Over Asset Transfer
• Sorenson Communications Hits Ch. 11 With $1B In Debt
• High Court Nixes BankUnited's $500M Tax Sharing Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cooley's Barbara Borden
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Rhonda Trotter
• Assigned Rents During Bankruptcy: Lessons From NJ Case
• Supreme Court Won't Hear $4.5M Sun Capital Debt Appeal