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Bankruptcy - April, 2015

315 articles

• Karmaloop Defeats Trustee's Bid To Nix Bankruptcy Counsel
• Kelley Kronenberg Adds Bankruptcy Practice In Tampa
• Saladworks Gets Nod For $16.9M PE Stalking Horse
• Puerto Rico Asks 1st Circ. To Revive Restructuring Law
• Puerto Rico Crisis Worsens With Tax Overhaul Flop
• Bankrupt Quicksilver Gets OK On Deal To Drill New Wells
• Parent Of Ill.'s First Bank And Trust Files For Ch. 11
• Paul Weiss Fights Med. Co. Liquidator's Bid For Docs
• EFH Slams Ch. 11 Schedule Objection As Gamesmanship
• Heller Ehrman Says Ex-Client Waived Second Shot At $20M
• Ex-Diamond McCarthy Atty Denied Early Win In $1.4M Fee Row
• Revel's Former Utility Provider Rips Ch. 11 Plan
• Endeavour Pivots To Ch. 11 Sale Over Oil Price Drop
• Ignition Switch Plaintiffs To Appeal New GM Shield Ruling
• Stress Test Finds Fannie, Freddie Could Need $157B Bailout
• Ex-Altegrity Workers Cry Foul Over Ch. 11 Disclosures
• Wavetronix Intervenors Sue DBSI Trust In Control Struggle
• Dendreon Shareholders Lose Bid For Equity Committee
• Miss. Agency's Standing Fight Delayed In KiOR Ch. 11
• Unsecured Vivaro Creditors Fight $8M Leucadia Deal
• Jones Day's Orr Champions Muni Settlement Model
• States Want Stay Of $17M DBSI Tax Row For 9th Circ. Appeal
• China Natural Gas Plaintiffs Can Proceed Despite Bankruptcy
• Xinergy Founder Cries Foul Over Miner's Plunge Into Ch. 11
• Bankrupt Ampal's CEO Wants 'Conflicted' Trustee Booted
• Dish, Ergen Escape Harbinger's $1.5B Suit Over LightSquared
• Aussie Satellite Outfit NewSat Gets TRO Extended In Ch. 15
• Lead Counsel In Lehman Bros Suit Joins Greenberg Traurig
• EFH Unsecured Creditors Say Timeline Would Be Premature
• RadioShack Gets Nod To Auction Customer Data
• Caesars, Blatstein Settle Atlantic City Mall Lease Row
• Wayne County Chief Unveils Plan To Dodge Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Court Weighs Interest Rates In Solvent Ch. 11
• PwC Liability In MF Global Fiasco A Close Call In 2nd Circ.
• SEC Slams Sam Wyly's Plan To Sell $50M Ranch
• Judge Tosses Duplicative Lien Suit Over Offshore Oil Work
• Ballard Spahr Nabs Ex-Bankruptcy Judge In San Diego
• Bankruptcy Monitors Want Karmaloop's Ch. 11 Firm DQ'd
• ATP Wants OK To Pursue Deepwater Claims Against BP
• How The Defense Can Win Verdicts And Influence Juries
• Endeavour Lenders Slam Creditors' Bid To Wipe $440M Loans
• RadioShack Says It's Not Ignoring Texas AG On Customer Data
• Dewey Jury Selection Starts As Prosecutors Drop Names
• Quicksilver Unsecured Creditors Blast Deal To Drill 4 Wells
• Fla. Oil Distributor's Owner Gets 6.5 Years For Bank Fraud
• Allied Nevada Floats Ch. 11 Plan For Auction Proceeds
• NJ Regulator Says Straub Can't Take Revel's Casino License
• US Airways Pilots Settle Lump-Sum Pension Fight For $5.25M
• Discovery War Rages In Belluck & Fox Asbestos Suit
• Harvey Miller, Godfather Of Bankruptcy Law, Dies At 82
• Madoff Trustee Nets $11.1M In Clawback Deal With Families
• Understanding 'Property Of The Estate'
• Loan-To-Own Investment Strategies After Fisker
• Dendreon Knocks Shareholders' Push For Equity Committee
• Lockheed, Space Launch Co. Challenge NewSat's Ch. 15 TRO
• LSU Halts $114M Bond Issue, Says Insolvency Fear Premature
• ResCap Slams Cadence Bank's Attempt To Exit Mortgage Suit
• Bergstein Fights To Keep Stroock In Atty Betrayal Fight
• Caesars Juniors Press Bankruptcy Judge To DQ Kirkland
• PREPA Creditors Fed Up With Restructuring Tug-Of-War
• NJ Firm, Dentons Exit Malpractice Dispute Over $41M Loan
• Dewey Brass To Mine Jury Pool For A Sympathetic Ear
• Calif. Fast Food Mogul Charged With $20M Loan Fraud
• EFH Unsecured Creditors Demand Oncor Bid Access
• Bankruptcy Courts Remain Closed For Marijuana Businesses
• Kirkland Fights To Remain At Helm Of Caesars Bankruptcy
• Bankrupt Saladworks Lands $15M Stalking Horse
• Rothstein Trustee Settles Investor Row In Bankruptcy Case
• Detroit's Emergency Manager Rejoins Jones Day
• Puerto Rico Could Shut Down, Lender Of Last Resort Warns
• Trustee Wants RadioShack's Customer Data Out Of Sale
• 11th Circ. Takes Up Ala. County's Appeal Of Ch. 9 Challenge
• C. Wonder Seeks Extra Time To Propose Ch. 11 Plan
• Chassix Wins Hard-Fought OK On Ch. 11 Plan Disclosures
• Mineral Park Seeks $2.8M In Unpaid Copper Deliveries Claim
• 2nd Circ. Partially Revives Madoff Feeder Fund Class Action
• New GM Is Free And Clear, But The Battle Will Rage On
• EFH Seeks To KO Bondholders' $431M Make-Whole Bid
• Barclays Wins Bid For $1.3M More In Lehman Asset Fight
• Trump Resorts Wants Union Sanctioned For Urging Boycott
• 'Life of Pi' Effects Studio Exec Wants D&O Coverage Access
• Ch. 11 Judge Not Keen To Award Ex-Lehman Star $84M
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Argentina Ordered To Divulge Details Of $1.4B Bond Sale
• Philly Tower, Out Of Bankruptcy, Acquired By Shorenstein
• Execs Not Immune To Failed Co. Fraud Claims: UK High Court
• How Bankruptcy Courts Are Dealing With 'Stern Claims'
• Allied Nevada Gets Nod To Auction Exploration Assets
• Quicksilver Unsecured Creditors Object To Financing 'Goodies'
• Auto Parts Co. Can't Appeal Morrison Ruling, Court Hears
• Overhauled Wolff & Samson Adds Nowell Amoroso Founder
• 11th Circ. To Hear Fight Over Shareholder, Pension Payments
• Bankrupt Saladworks Gets Nod On Exec Bonus Plan
• Utility Deal, Sandy Implicated In Revel Bankruptcy
• State Rescues Seen As Doubtful For Atlantic City, Chicago
• FDIC Wants Biggest Banks To Better Track Deposits
• Frederick's Of Hollywood Gets Interim Nod For $11M DIP Deal
• Aereo Floats Ch. 11 Deal Ending Networks' 3-Year IP War
• 2 Approaches To Ponzi Fraud Treatment — Which Is Right?
• EFH, Noteholders Clash in $431M Make-Whole Trial
• JPMorgan Chase Targets Ex-Dewey Partner For Loan Fraud
• Kirkland Steers Edmentum In $140M Restructuring Deal
• Bankruptcy Talks Collapse Between Caesars, Bank Lenders
• Tax Court Says IRS Lien Decision Violated Automatic Stay
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Encana, Tesla Motors
• High Court Won't Touch Ruling Applying FDCPA To Bankruptcy
• Insurer Fights Costs Of $10.5M Green Jacobson Legal Mal Row
• NII Allowed To Offer $4.35B Debt Plan For Creditor Vote
• No Road Map For Muni Creditors From Detroit Ch. 9
• Revel Ch. 11 Judge OKs Power Plant Lease Termination
• Embracing Inquisitorial Methods In Complex Bankruptcy
• Revstone Says Ascalon Can't Recover Unpaid Health Claims
• Frederick's Of Hollywood Files For Ch. 11 After $23M ABG Deal
• How Personal Property Leases Are Treated In Bankruptcy
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• Chassis Maker's Creditors Object To Proposed Claim Releases
• Caesars Noteholders Seek Kirkland & Ellis Docs In DQ Row
• Ch. 11 Reforms Seen Pushing Restructurings Out Of Court
• PwC Paying $65M To End Suit Over MF Global Collapse
• Brazilian Co. Sheds Construction Biz Post-Petrobras
• High Court Asked To Mull Mootness Of Post-Ch. 11 Fees Bid
• Altegrity Fights To Keep Units' Docs Under Wraps In Ch. 11
• McDermott Can't Get Antioch Malpractice Suit Going Again
• NJ Judge Blocks Straub's Plan To Re-Energize Revel
• Retailer Simply Fashion Hits Ch. 11
• GM, Treasury Blast Watchdog's Effort To Snag Bailout Emails
• New 5th Circ. Bankruptcy Fee Rule Benefits Attys, Advisers
• GM May Dodge Punitive Damages With Bankruptcy Shield
• NewSat Gets Temporary Repreive From Creditors In Ch. 15
• Bankruptcy Atty Jailed In Alleged Theft From Former Firm
• Saddled With Legal Debt, Little Saigon News Files For Ch. 11
• Brazil Corruption Fallout Leaves Creditors On Shaky Ground
• Caesars Ch. 11 Examiner Gets Winston & Strawn For Probe
• EFH Noteholders Renew Fight For Make-Whole Premiums
• Ex-Revel Utility Maligns Straub's Proposed Power Plans
• Texas Enviro Regulator Hits Exide With $2.4 Million Waste Fine
• Natrol Buyer Tells Judge It Resolved Row With Ex-Owners
• The Rising Stars Of Bankruptcy
• Katten's Bad Advice Led To Ponzi Losses, 7th Circ. Hears
• Texas AG Rips Radioshack's Plan To Sell Customer Data
• Bank Of New York Mellon Decision A Win For Trustees
• Cal Dive Gets Green Light For $120M DIP
• MF Global Trustee's $480M General Creditor Payout OK'd
• GM Judge Says Bankruptcy Shield Blocks Most Defect Suits
• Liquidating Clothing Chain Cache Can Stay In Ch. 11 For Now
• Bankrupt USA Synthetic Gets Nod For May Auction
• New Revel Owner Says Deal Unlikely In Casino Power Struggle
• Karmaloop Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Sale Plan With May Auction
• Judge Sends $310M American Airlines Payout Back To Gate
• Rising Star: Richards Kibbe & Orbe's Keith Sambur
• Tribune Creditors Ask 3rd Circ. For Appeal Of $7B Plan
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• Ernst & Young Strikes $10M Deal In NY AG's Lehman Suit
• SIGA Asks Judge To Nix Financial Adviser's Legal Fee Claims
• Mandatory Subordination And The Fate Of Equity Claims
• Watchdog, Dow Jones Blast Altegrity Bid To Seal Ch. 11 Docs
• BofA Can't Duck Credit Reporting Suit Over Canceled Debts
• 9th Circ. Must Clarify Morrison's Scope, Calif. Judge Told
• Fletcher Feeders Go After Accountants Over Auditing Gaffe
• RadioShack Wins Nod For $5M Sale Of Latin American IP
• Today's Debt Tricks May Hurt Cities Later, Fed Boss Warns
• EFH Floats Ch. 11 Plan To Restructure $42B In Debt
• DC Circ. Told US Air Pilots Lost Millions From PBGC Inaction
• PREPA Turnaround Boss Casts Doubt On Bondholder Fix
• K&L Gates Says Oil Co. Investors' Bankruptcy Row Lacks Legs
• Ch. 11 Judge Frees TRW Of Chrysler Steering Defect Liability
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Simpson Thacher $1.5B GM Loan Gaffe
• Standard Register Gets OK For $155M DIP, Auction Plans
• Cal Dive DIP Agent BofA Rips Committee Bid For Longer Sale
• Greece Escapes Slovakian Bank's Debt Suit In Arbitration
• Revel Power Plant Faces Hearing On Ch. 11 Service Value
• Jones Day, Weil Named In Fund Manager's RICO Suit
• Claimants Want Nod For $2.7M Exide Plant Pollution Deal
• UK Tribunal Slashes $4.4M From Deloitte MG Conflicts Penalty
• US Bank Settles $200M Peregrine Theft Suit
• Allied Nevada Shareholders Emerge As Ch. 11 Players
• Top Dewey Execs Gird For Arduous Jury Selection
• Struggling Oil Co.'s Top Shareholder Files Bankruptcy Bid
• Understanding Landlord's Risks In Tenant Bankruptcy
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• Revel Buyer Left In Dark As Plant Owner Ducks TRO Bid
• Firm's Mortgage Advice Bankrupted Ex-Doctor, Trustee Says
• Fla. Nursing Home Says CMS Put It In 'Financial Chokehold'
• Aviva Targets More Dewey Execs Over $35M Note Fraud
• Chrysler Protests Jones Day Atty As Mediator In Takata MDL
• San Bernardino Firefighters Sue Over Ch. 9 Plan
• Ex-Diamond McCarthy Atty Can't Depose Banks In Fee Row
• Endeavour Creditors Move To Wipe Out $440M Lenders
• Baker Donelson Adds Ex-Johnson Trent Pro To Houston Office
• Ergen Not Giving Up On LightSquared Ch. 11 Injunction
• SEC Drops Probe Of Bankrupt Pharma Co. Dendreon
• Judge Lights Fire Under $111M Taylor Bean Coverage Tussle
• Taking Legal Analytics To The Next Level
• Full 5th Circ. Overturns 'Actual Benefit' Ch. 11 Fee Test
• Auto Parts Co. Can't Rely On 2nd Circ. Ruling In Securities Suit
• Consumer Data In Bankruptcy: Saleable Asset Or Liability?
• EveryWare Gets Interim Nod For $100M DIP Package
• Judge Won't Sanction Skin Treatment Co. For 'Stinker' Ch. 11
• Committee To Scrutinize Fees In Caesars Ch. 11
• Revel Power Plant Drops Service To Force Straub's Hand
• Siga Creditors Seek Probe Of Execs' 'Bad Faith' Conduct
• Pittsburgh Riverhounds Finance Row Sent To State Court
• Canada's Calvalley To Liquidate Amid Yemen Conflict
• S&P Says Chicago Needs Pension Fix To Shore Up Rating
• Ex-Dewey Partners Strike Records Deal Over $45M Rent Fight
• Where Proposed Changes To Rule 3002.1 Fall Short
• Caesars Debt Battle Escalates With Credit Suisse Suit
• Exide Seeks OK For $2.5M Deal With Texas Regulator
• Bankrupt KiOR Get Nod For Plan Disclosure Statement
• Ex-Chrysler Execs Lose Bid To Revive Age Discrimination Suit
• Bankrupt Spanish Cos. Hit Argentina With Suit In YPF Fight
• Unsecured Creditors Push To Convert Cache Ch. 11 To Ch. 7
• $350M ResCap Suit Belongs Outside Bankruptcy, Insurers Say
• US Can't Take Tax Liability Suit Out Of Bankruptcy Court
• Argentina Sues Citi Over Holdout Bondholder Agreement
• Emanuel Faces Wary Creditors In 2nd Chicago Term
• Belluck & Fox Says Garlock 'Fishing' In Asbestos RICO Suit
• BNSF Accused Of Putting Shipper Out Of Biz In $41M Suit
• Rising Star: Weil's Ronit Berkovich
• Maine Biorefinery Assets Tied To Lynn Tilton Up for Sale
• WBH Energy Seeks Approval Of $25M Ch. 11 Bid
• Yarway Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Plan With $325M Asbestos Trust
• Dendreon Slams Shareholders' Bid To Stay $495M Sale
• Bankrupt Dune Energy Gets Approval To Sell Assets In June
• An Important First Step In Clarifying 'Fees For Fees'
• EveryWare Files Ch. 11 Plan To Swap Out $248M In Debt
• Tropicana Hits NJ Construction Co. With Suit Over Oil Leak
• Atty Wrecked $20M Deal By Sharing Private Emails: Hospital
• Bankrupt Saladworks Gets Extra Time To Tap Stalking Horse
• 10th Circ. Revives Delta Petroleum Shareholder Claim
• Madoff Investors Want Swindler To Sit For Deposition
• Green Field Trustee Springs $230M Asset-Stripping Suit
• Caesars Ch. 11 Examiner Wants Winston & Strawn For Probe
• K&L Gates Can't Exit Oil Co. Bankruptcy Suit, Investors Say
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Argentina's Contempt Appeal In Bond Row
• PA Resources Shareholder Torpedoes Refinancing Push
• 8th Circ. Nixes Bankrupt Trucking Co.'s Daimler Claim Row
• FDIC Appeals Ruling That $140M RMBS Suit Is Time-Barred
• LightSquared Punts On Ergen's Ch. 11 Protection Demand
• Exide Seeks $7.5M Ch. 11 Sale Of Emissions Credits
• Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brian Glueckstein
• Former Anchor BanCorp Exec Convicted Of Wire Fraud
• Body Armor Co. Sues Jailed Ex-CEO's Brother In Ch. 11 Row
• $10M Deal In WaMu Mortgage Fraud Suit Passes Final Test
• Tips For Enforcing Failed-Bank Notes Purchased From FDIC
• Standard Register Unsecured Creditors Blast $275M Sale Plan
• Chinese Bond Market Faces 1st Principal Default
• Argentina Takes $2.3B Bond Payment Row To 2nd Circ.
• Georgia-Pacific Wants Out Of $2M Debt To Standard Register
• General Atlantic Settles Suit Over ProxyMed Bankruptcy
• Revel's Energy Provider Balks At $82M Ch. 11 Sale Order
• EFH Bondholders Want Make-Whole Ruling Clarified
• Domfoam Price-Fixing Deal, Stay OK'd Ahead Of Trial
• Lehman Settles Dispute Over $40M Swap Fund
• Xinergy Files Ch. 11 Amid Slumping Energy Prices
• Atty Sanctioned Over Client's ResCap Bankruptcy Claims
• Ex-Lehr Construction Worker Beats Trustee's $1.2M Claim
• USA Synthetic Creditor Slams Third Eye's Credit Bid
• PCD Bankruptcy Trust Can't Extinguish $50M Mezz Loan
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Nicole Greenblatt
• Looking At Escrow Agreements Through The Bankruptcy Lens
• Polsinelli Nabs Pair Of Restructuring Pros In NY
• Social Media Can Be Part Of Ch. 11 Estate, Judge Rules
• Natrol Ch. 11 Buyer Sues Ex-Owners Over 'Sham' Contract
• Buchalter Sued For $22M Over Botched Bankruptcy Claims
• Saab Trustee Settles With Ex-Execs To End Severance Claims
• 9th Circ. Panel Bolsters Trustees' Reach-Back Powers
• RadioShack Bankruptcy To Test Shelf Life Of Privacy Vows
• Straub Offers $26M To Develop Ex-Showboat With University
• Chrysler Appeals Dealer Law Preemption Ruling To High Court
• Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Jason Adams
• Ex-Dewey Partners Urge Preservation Of Trustee Docs
• Facebook IPO Schemer Files For Chapter 11
• Ch. 13 Plans Trump Claim Erasures, 1st Circ. Says
• ResCap Judge Won't Toss Mortgage Bond Suit
• Miss. Agency Slams KiOR's Bid To Boost DIP By $14M
• Delia's Gets $4M For Pa. Distribution Center
• Another Canadian Energy Co. Falls Victim To Oil Price Dip
• Baker Botts Adds Dispute Resolution Duo To Dubai Office
• Connacher Workout Flops In Canadian Bankruptcy Court
• Lucchese Fraudster Wants His Old Lawyer Back
• Limiting Good-Faith Fraudulent Transfer Defense — Again
• Revel Wins Nod For $82M Casino Sale To Straub
• Rising Star: Jones Day's Scott J. Greenberg
• 1st Circ. Urged To Rehear Bankruptcy Tax Debt Ruling
• Brazil's OAS Prepares For Creditor Battle In Bankruptcy
• Moody's Downgrades Sabine After $1.7B Default
• Farmers Sue Allens Ch. 11 Pros For Priority $2.8M Fee Claim
• Natrol Gets Green Light On Ch 11. Plan Disclosures
• Feds Attack Fla. Nursing Home's Ch. 11 Plan On Appeal
• Brother Of Jailed Body Armor Exec Wins Round In Ch. 11
• Canadian Miner Begins Restructuring As Iron Ore Prices Fall
• Bank Can't Drag Developers Back Into $200M Loan Fight
• Doral Floats $11M Bankruptcy Sale For Insurance Wing
• Striking Balance Between Ch. 11 Retail Debtors, Landlords
• Rising Star: Davis Polk's Michelle McGreal
• Bankrupt Miner Lands $17.5M Bid For Exploration Interests
• Rising Lateral Conflict Risk Exposed in Sidley DQ Bid
• Dewey Execs Lay Groundwork For Criminal Intent Defense
• Wells Fargo Blasts 'Illusion' Of $82M-Topping Bid For Revel
• Justices Bemoan Guidance 'Void' On Ch. 13 Conversion Gap
• Pastor Used Peregrine Failure To Hide Scam, CFTC Says
• Garlock Slams Asbestos Estimation Ahead Of Ch. 11 Trial
• Bankrupt Wet Seal Gets Nod For Sale To Versa Unit
• Justices Mull Right To Appeal Denied Bankruptcy Plans
• PREPA Bondholders Back $2B Capital Investment Plan
• Russia's Rosneft Settles Battles Over Yukos Breakup
• Gov't Has No Sovereign Immunity In $17M DBSI Tax Row
• EFH Extends New York Make-Whole Rationale To Delaware
• EveryWare Global To File For Ch. 11 With Deal To Go Private
• JPMorgan, BMO Can't Nix Fraud Bids In $276M Tax Refund Suit
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider