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Bankruptcy - February, 2016

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• Ultra Petroleum Mulls Bankruptcy Amid Market Downturn
• Ryckman Creek Wants $2M More To Fund Ops Through March
• Insurer Should Win $63M Coverage Fight, Judge Says
• CORRECTED: Cohen Seglias Can't Seek Fees In Malpractice Suit
• Supreme Court Denies Investment Firm's Lehman Appeal
• Ch. 11 Watchdog Calls GTAT Releases 'Extraordinary'
• Solyndra, Chinese Co. Ink $7.5M Solar Panel Antitrust Deal
• Fight Over Seaboard Realty Ch. 11 Examiner Delayed
• Variant Plans $195M Liquidation Of Properties In Ch. 11
• Trump Taj Mahal Casino Now Icahn's After Exiting Ch. 11
• High Court Wants DOJ View On Truckers' Bankruptcy Claims
• Jones Day Nabs Henry Davis York Bankruptcy Pros In Sydney
• Recent Applications Of Bankruptcy Code Section 1113
• Argentina Reaches $4.6B Deal To End 'Epic' Debt Battle
• The Incredible, Shrinking Dewey & LeBoeuf Fraud Case
• NJ Law Firm Dodges Malpractice Claim In Ch. 11 Advice Row
• Caesars Gets $7B Note Guarantee Suits Paused
• Del. Judge Nixes Bid To Delay Magnum Hunter Ch. 11 Plan
• Madoff Trustee Says Atty Violated Order Over Bank Subpoenas
• PREPA Lenders Tell Justices Puerto Rico Debt Law Preempted
• Republic Airways Cites Labor Issues In Ch. 11 Filing
• KaloBios Close To $10M Financing After Drug Rights Buy
• Arch Coal Gets Final Nod On $275M Ch. 11 Financing
• Shkreli Says He Won't Intimidate Witnesses In SEC Case
• Restructuring Partnership Debt? Tax Planning Is Key
• An Uncertain Fate For Oil And Gas Midstream Agreements
• Dewey Execs Escape Larceny Charges Ahead Of 2nd Trial
• Sanctioned Atty Tells 9th Circ. $9B Claim Was 'Mistake'
• Yahoo Must Give Up Emails In Ch. 15 Probe, Irish Bank Says
• RCS Accuses Competitor Of Poaching Top Executives
• Caesars Says It Doesn't Have To Guarantee $7B Notes
• Abengoa Seeks Extension On $550M In Bonds
• FINRA Arbitration Beset With Unpaid Awards, Report Says
• Verso Hindered In Quest For $775M DIP Funding Approval
• Rdio Strikes Deal With Creditors Over Ch. 11 Control
• Fight Could Be Brewing Over Extreme Plastics Ch. 11 Funding
• Treasury Warns Congress Of Puerto Rico Debt Defaults
• Trust Indenture Act: What Is All The Fuss About?
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• Faking Liens To Harass Bankruptcy Judges Earns Prison
• SFX Wants To Extend Ch. 11 Litigation Shield To CEO
• Bankrupt GTAT Eyes $3.6M Sale Of Solar Business
• SEC Says Wyly Creditors' Attys Shouldn't Get Requested Fees
• Bracewell Adds Experienced Tax Partner To New York Office
• Resort Founder's Atty Beats Sanctions Threat By 10th Circ.
• Law360 Bankruptcy Editorial Advisory Board
• Abengoa Puts US Units In Ch. 11 After Creditor Pressure
• Jailed Ex-Firm Head Denies Feds' Claim Of Suicide Risk
• How American Apparel's GC Helped Mend An Unraveling Brand
• Dewey Star Witness Reaches Partial Deal With SEC
• Ex-MedCap CEO Must Pay Up To $16M For $1.8B Scheme
• Argentina Nears $5B Settlement In Default Saga
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• Ch. 9 Is A Powerful Tool For Public Hospital Bankruptcies
• Ch. 11 Groups Fight Over Examiner For Conn. Conglomerate
• Extreme Plastics Creditors, Trustee Question $7M Asset Sale
• 50 Cent's Instagram Pics May Bring Bankruptcy Probe
• KaloBios Seeks Speedy Approval To Buy Chagas Drug Rights
• Molycorp Reports Breakthrough Settlement In $1.9B Ch. 11
• American Airlines Unions Seek Distribution Under Ch. 11 Plan
• Verso Creditors Say $775M DIP Plan Leaves Them Hanging
• Convicted Ex-Madoff Aides Want Longer 2nd Circ. Hearing
• Old GM Creditors Say New GM Is Liable In Car Buyer Suits
• Conflicting Views On Shareholder Rights In Chapter 11
• GM Tells 2nd Circ. Car Owners Weren't Denied Due Process
• 2nd Circ. Tosses DHB Investor's Appeal Of $14M Attys' Fees
• Samson Still Hopes For Ch. 11 Deal Amid Creditor Divisions
• Windy City Case May Blow $7B Caesars Trial In NY Off Track
• 'Peace' Breaks Out In Hancock's DIP Financing, Sale Talks
• Enviros Threaten To Sue Feds Over W.Va. Coal Mine Bonding
• Judge Says Argentina Can Drop Injunctions To Pay Debt
• Failed Firm Says Casino Ignored Red Flags On Stolen Cash
• Robotics Co. Rips Ex-CEO's Bid To Cover Private Jet Trips
• Ex-Dewey Exec Slams DA For 'Gratuitous' Press Statement
• When Not To File An Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
• Argentina Says Injunctions Being Used As 'Club' In Deal Talks
• Rdio Creditors Aim To Wrest Control Of Ch. 11
• AgFeed Exec In $249M Scandal Faces Ch. 11 Fraud Claims
• Imprisoned Cable Exec Out Early After Grim Diagnosis
• Parallel Energy Seeks Structured Dismissal Of Ch. 11 Case
• Baker Donelson Plans Push To End Hedge Funds' Fraud Suit
• Quicksilver Creditors Ask For Shortened Ch. 11 Deadline
• Gibbons Shouldn't Be DQ'd From Pollution Suit, Rexam Says
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• 50 Cent On Ch. 11 Judge's Radar After Posing With Cash Pile
• FINRA Finds UBS Liable For $1.5M In Puerto Rican Bond Case
• Ex-Saab Execs Charged With False Invoicing In Sweden
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Private Wealth Pro In Chicago
• Samson Seeks Ch. 11 OK For 10-State, 1,262-Well Sale
• EFH Seeks $20M Severance Cap Bump As Mine Closures Loom
• Visteon Agrees To Reduction Of $19M Claim Against Fisker
• The Enforceability Of Debt Capital Commitments
• Fresh & Easy Didn't Pay Off Departing Workers' PTO, Suit Says
• Ch. 13 Plans Must Prioritize Condo Liens, Judge Says
• Unsecured Hancock Creditors Blast Fast-Track Sale Plans
• MoFo Grows Bankruptcy Practice With Creditor-Side Pro
• Albertsons Hasn't Been Paying Employees, Suit Says
• Energy Future Holdings' Ch. 11 Fees At $300M, And Climbing
• Aurelius, NML Fight To Preserve Injunctions On Argentina
• 3rd Circ. Says Debtors Could Have Understood Subpoena
• Court Forgot Baker Donelson Fraud Row Arg, Funds Say
• LightSquared's Ch. 11 Plan Questioned By 2nd Circ.
• Bitcoin In Bankruptcy: Is It Commodity Or Currency?
• Madoff Trustee Shuts Down $11B Investor Suit For Now
• Shkreli's Ex-Co. OK To Pay $198K In Bonuses, Judge Says
• Caesars Granted More Time To Propose Ch. 11 Plan
• Del. Judge OKs New Oaktree Depositions For Molycorp Trial
• Cubic Energy's Ch. 11 Debt-For-Equity Swap Confirmed
• Argentina To Pay $1B To End Debt Fight With EM, Montreux
• Paragon Offshore Faces Lender Opposition To Smooth Ch. 11
• EFH Noteholders Lose Appeal Over Make-Whole Premium
• Lehman Tells 2nd Circ. Treaty Entitles It To Tax Credits
• A Sui Generis Approach To 'Insider' Status In Bankruptcy
• Dykema Nabs Vedder Price Bankruptcy Pro In Chicago
• Arch Coal Creditors Slam $275M Ch. 11 Financing Proposal
• Ex-Variant Atty In Contempt For Hoarding Co. Records
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-BakerHostetler M&A Pro In Houston
• Orrick Cuts Deal In Spat With 'Longest-Lived Dead Law Firm'
• Williams & Connolly Takes Chance On Dewey's Zach Warren
• Argentina Reaches Settlement In Bondholder Class Action
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• 50 Cent Says Creditors' Ch. 11 Plan 'Indentured Servitude'
• Wylys Say IRS Can't Seek Time-Barred Taxes In $2.2B Fight
• Coudert Admin Says Orrick Got Unfair Deal For China Assets
• Shkreli's Ex-Drug Co. Hasn't Justified Bonuses, Judge Says
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Reed Smith Finance Pro In SF
• 6th Circ. Rejects Transparently Artificial Chapter 11 Plan
• Ex-Navigation Capital Employees Seek Cert. In WARN Act Suit
• Caesars Defends Bid To Keep Control Of Chapter 11
• Paragon Offshore Seeks To Offload $1.1B Debt In Ch. 11
• Kaufman Dolowich Adds Ex-Becker & Poliakoff Litigation Pro
• Dewey's Warren Gets Deferred Prosecution On Eve Of Trial
• Creditors Target Another US Abengoa Unit For Bankruptcy
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• IRS Blasts Wyly Args In $2.2B IRS Fight
• Orrick Says Coudert China Sale Claims Will Fail At Trial
• SEC Settles Case, Drops Penalty Against British Hedge Fund
• Judge Needs More From Feds In Body Armor FCA Suits
• Del. Judge Rejects Dechert LLP Role In 'Chaotic' Ch. 11
• Oil Slump Puts Energy Co. Disclosures Under Microscope
• Argentina Targets Injunctions In Debt Settlement Talks
• Info Not Privileged In $1B Contract Fight, Boeing Says
• Dewey Exec Rails Against DA In Bid To Dodge 2nd Trial
• Trust Seeks $20M Tax Refund Related To Madoff Losses
• Sundevil Gets OK To Tap Part Of $45M DIP Loan
• Weil Reps Rig Operator Paragon Offshore In Ch. 11 Prepack
• Shkreli, Kaye Scholer Atty Say SEC Case Can't Wait
• Fresh & Easy Says Worker Arbitration Deal Bans Class Cert.
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• Ex-Variant Atty Found In Contempt, Hit With $20K Sanctions
• Resort Founder's Atty Ordered To Explain Rule Violations
• Chicago Cab Co., Creditors Scolded For Ch. 11 Discovery Row
• Feds Say Wylys Knew The Score In $2.2B IRS Fight
• Foam Co. Settles With Mattress Maker In Antirust MDL
• Fresh Out Of Ch. 11, Hercules Offshore Mulls Sale
• Caesars' Bank Lenders Say Patience 'Wearing Thin'
• Ariz. Power Plant Plans Ch. 11 Sale, Lists $230M In Debt
• SunEdison Barred From Asset Transfers In $150M Arbitration
• Yellen Catches Heat For Fed's Handling Of Living Wills
• RadioShack Judge OKs $5.5M Deal With Pa. Store Managers
• Madoff Trustee Fights Proposed $64B Investor Suit
• Ropes & Gray Nabs Global Restructuring Atty From DLA Piper
• Sabra Health Care REIT Sells Bankrupt Hospital In $96M Deal
• Bankrupt KaloBios Faces Fire For Employee Bonus Plan
• Puerto Rico Bondholder Group Floats Debt Restructure Plan
• Texas Justices Told Investor Has Standing In DLA Piper Row
• LeClairRyan Hit With Malpractice Suit By Defunct Hotel
• Cravath Takes Lead On Argentina Debt Default Defense
• Asarco Ruling Continues To Rankle Bankruptcy Practitioners
• Texas Appeals Court Axes Atty Fees In Real Estate Blog Row
• Arch Coal Floats $75M Deal Over Wyo. Enviro Obligations
• GM Says Slip Of The Tongue Doesn't Allow Fatal Crash Claims
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• Dealer Says Chrysler 'Misrepresentations' Warrant Sanctions
• Dutch Move on SFX Debt Prompts Rework of $115M DIP Plan
• Law Firm Challenges Yellow Cab Chicago's Ch. 11 Plan
• Life Partners Investors Say Trustee Derailing Ch. 11 Plan
• Madoff Feeder Renews Bid To Intervene In $55M PwC Deal
• OC Register Owner Floats Exec. Bonus, Severance Plans
• US Anti-Terror Efforts Destroy Banks, Andorran Investors Say
• $6.5B Argentina Deal Attacked By Class Action Counsel
• Ex Bankruptcy Judge Tapped As Examiner In Zucker Ch. 11
• Kirkland Can't Collect Fee Fight Costs In Samson Ch. 11
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• Oil Producer Warren Resources Warns Of Possible Bankruptcy
• A Broad Definition Of 'Value' For Fraudulent Transfers
• Kirkland Seeks To Spike Indalex Trustee's Malpractice Suit
• Oaktree Blasts Threat To $514M Molycorp Bankruptcy Claims
• Ex-Standard Register Brass Spared Claims Over Ch. 11
• Kirkland's Impartiality Challenged In Sabine Probe
• 2nd Circ. Stays Order Blocking Pa. Tronox Pollution Suit
• Wylys Say Atty's Knowledge Wasn't Theirs In $2.2B Tax Row
• Lehman Gets Nod On $1.4B JPMorgan Settlement
• DC Metro Wireless Installer's Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Hedge Fund Slaps Olshan With $21M Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Variant Atty Facing Contempt Over Held Docs, Emails
• Noranda Aluminum Cites Falling Prices In Ch. 11 Filing
• DC Circ. Denies Quick Win Over Enron Co.'s Nigeria Contract
• Truckers Tell High Court Bankruptcy Case Has High Stakes
• Baker Donelson Evades Hedge Funds' Legal Fee Fraud Suit
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Filene's Basement Blasts Ex-CEO Syms' Bid For Severance
• Ponzi Scheme, Fraud Cited In Real Estate Co.'s Ch. 11
• Oil & Gas Co. Osage Exploration Dips Into Ch. 11
• LeClairRyan Grabs Bankruptcy Pro From Hodgson Russ
• Swift Energy Gets Nod To Solicit Creditors On Ch. 11 Plan
• Argentina Floats $6.5B Deal To End Epic Default Battle
• Lehman Sues Lenders Over Faulty Mortgage Sales
• Atlantic City Ordered To Pay $62.5M Casino Tax Refund
• WTC Contractor Gets Nod For March Ch. 11 Auction
• HSBC Will Pay $601M In Federal-State Mortgage Case
• 'Uptiering' As A Strategy To Restructure Oil Cos.
• $75M New Gulf DIP, Disclosure Cleared at 11th Hour
• KaloBios Can Keep Control Of Bankruptcy
• 7th Circ. Blocks Trustee From Seizing Rare Book of Mormon
• Lehman Defends $83M Swap Suit Against Barclays
• Japanese Co. Wins Halt To Claimants' Bids For Fuel Payment
• 50 Cent Seeks OK To Extend Contract As Effen Vodka Rep
• 4 Firms Guide Italian Hotel Group's $123M Restructuring
• Charney, Ex-Workers Target American Apparel Ch. 11 Stay
• Why Banks Shouldn't Ignore Fraudulent-Transfer Red Flags
• Horsehead Holding's $90M DIP Gets Interim OK After Rework
• Natural Gas Co. Can Get Funding To Help Tackle $300M Debt
• Sale Of Fla. Mansion Gets Go-Ahead In Rothstein Liquidation
• Manhattan DA Rips Dewey Execs' Bids To Dodge 2nd Trial
• Hancock Fabrics Gets Interim OK For Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• Taylor-Wharton Wants Breathing Room For Ch. 11 Plan
• SFX Entertainment Gets Nod To Tap $80M Of DIP Loan
• Creditors Of US Abengoa Unit File Involuntary Ch. 7 Petition
• Caesars Presses For Monitor To Clear Up Creditor Disputes
• Bankrupt Co.'s New Lawyers Mum In Patent Suit, Elbit Says
• KaloBios Fights Trustee As Shkreli's DC Showdown Nears
• Madoff Feeder Trustee Can't Touch Proposed $55M PwC Deal
• Waller Grows In Austin With Addition Of 13-Atty Boutique
• Brooke's US Trustee Says Estate Trustee Doesn't Deserve Boot
• Credit Default Swaps And Solvency Analysis
• Citibank Wins Temporary Halt To Paper Co.'s Debt Swap
• Seaport Biz Out Of Calif. Hits Ch. 11 Amid NLRB Spat
• Falling Zinc Prices Land Metal Producer In Ch. 11
• Relativity Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Plan After Marathon Hearing
• RCS Capital Gains First Ch. 11 OKs On $1.4B Debt Rework
• Hancock Fabrics To Close 70 Stores In $182M Restructuring
• Loeb & Loeb Nabs 3 Partners For LA, DC Offices
• Argentina Settles Historic ICSID Row With Italian Bondholders
• 5 Pitfalls For Purchasers Of Distressed Oil, Gas Assets
• Exide, Calif. Agency Duel Over $100M Suit, Ch. 11 Shield
• Caesars Creditors Face Off In $11B Asset Dispute Trial
• Drivers Tell 2nd Circ. GM Bankruptcy Shouldn't Bar Suits
• Ch. 11 Purchase Conferred Cleanup Coverage, NJ Court Told
• Common Interest Protection In Commercial Transactions
• US Wants Trustee Or Ch. 7 For KaloBios After Shkreli Arrest
• Japanese Co. Asks Court To Decide Who Gets Fuel Payment
• Picard Ordered To Explain Opposition To Madoff Declaration
• Oil Price Plunge Pushes Extreme Plastics Plus To Ch. 11
• Nortel Overseas Units Can't Escape US Software Suit
• Relativity Touts Kevin Spacey Partnership In Ch. 11 Push
• Brokerage Parent RCS Capital Files Ch. 11 On $1.4B Debt
• SFX Entertainment Hopes To Shed $300M Of Debt In Ch. 11
• Puerto Rico's Creditors Offered $22B Debt Exchange
• Swift Energy Gets OK for $49M La. Asset Sale To Texegy
• PwC Seeks To Block Trustee Objections To $55M Madoff Deal