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Bankruptcy - February, 2017

231 articles

• UBS Units Beat Lingering Suit Over Brokers' Enron Knowledge
• GM, Vehicle Buyers File Competing Takes On 2nd Circ. Ruling
• Nortel Creditors Seek $4M Cut To Indenture Trustee Fee Bid
• Canadian Pallet Maker Opens Del. Ch. 15 Bankruptcy
• Optima Resolves Creditor Objections To $212M DIP Package
• Cos. Linked To $7.4M Chilean Fraud Need US Receiver: Judge
• Aeropostale Seeks To Extend Ch. 11 Plan Exclusivity Period
• Dewey's DiCarmine Gets Star Witness's Plea Docs
• Goodman & Nekvasil Survives DQ Bid In Life Partners Ch. 11
• Court OKs FantasyDraft's Deal With Bankrupt Fantasy Aces
• Drone Camera Firm To Go Forward With Refund, IP Sale Plan
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• Why 2017 May Be A Steadier Year For Oil And Gas Firms
• Ex-Execs Hit SunEdison Yieldcos With Whistleblower Suits
• Avaya Rips 49ers' Performance In Bid To Nix Suite Contract
• Contract Holders Oppose Eastern Outfitter's Sale Timeline
• EFH Tells Bankruptcy Judge It Owes IRS $47.6M, Not $7.8B
• Bankruptcy Pro's Move Reshapes 2 Miami Boutique Firms
• Drone Camera Developer Lands In Ch. 11 With $37M In Debt
• GM Defective Tire Suit Remains Stayed After Appeal Bid Fails
• Dewey Cooperator's Sweetened Deal Prompts Subpoena Fight
• Gawker's Founder Asks For Dismissal Of His Ch. 11 Case
• Judge Orders Former Madoff Employee To Give Up $1.1M
• Essar Steel Seeks Approval Of Union Deals For Minn. Plant
• Hospital Declares Bankruptcy After $51M Aetna Loss
• Mediation Fails in MF Global's $1B PwC Malpractice Suit
• Vertellus Ch. 11 Remnants Win Plan Confirmation In Del.
• CFPB Wants $107M Judgment Approved In Debt-Scam Suit
• IRS Presses High Court To Refuse Tax Discharge Dispute
• THQ Execs Want 9th Circ. To Rethink Reviving UDraw Suit
• Trump Entertainment Needs More Time To Finish With Claims
• Final Hearing Set For Sly Stone's Ex-Manager's Bankruptcy
• Shareholder Suits Over Loans Keep Piling Up Against REIT
• Lehman Brokerage Trustee Seeks OK For $228M Distribution
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• Judge Won't Toss Venezuelan Agency Suit Against Ex-Counsel
• Vague Terms Kill Banks' Lehman Claims Over 600K Mortgages
• The Limited IP Sale Approved With $26.75M Winning Bid
• Triangle Creditor Objects To Ch. 11 Plan Tax, Stock Terms
• Financial Services In The 1st Month Of Trump Presidency
• Optima Creditors Want DIP Loan Beef Resolved At Hearing
• Thompson & Knight Defends $25M Fee In Life Partners Ch. 11
• Law360 Bankruptcy Editorial Advisory Board
• Ex-Patton Boggs Partner Can't Sue For Malpractice, Atty Says
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• Grant Thornton, EisnerAmper Near KO Of $100M Fraud Claims
• Auto Parts Firm Speedstar Files Amended Plan To Exit Ch. 11
• Resource Capital Dealt Another Shareholder Suit Over Loans
• Insolvency Looms For Wet Seal Ch. 11, Creditors Warn
• Sycamore Unit Wins Ch. 11 Auction For The Limited IP
• Toisa Gets Approval To Resume Operating Seized Tanker
• Bankrupt Quiksilver Gets Nod For Employee Severance Deal
• Chaparral Goes After Pipeline Stake To Aid Its Ch. 11 Case
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• Outer Harbor To Face $13M Damage Claim, Del. Judge Rules
• GM Creditors' Trust Gets OK To Spend $10M For 2017 Costs
• Farmer's Co-op Says MF Global Too Late To Recover $1.7M
• Benefits Of Bringing Fraudulent Conveyance Actions In NY
• No Jail For Ex-Oil Co. CPA In $30M Bank Fraud Scheme
• Bankrupt Big Apple Circus Gets A Safety Net After Sale OK'd
• International Shipholding Makes Deal To Advance Ch. 11 Plan
• EveryWare Beats Shareholder Suit At 6th Circ.
• ATopTech Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Protections Shot Down
• Xtera Converts Case To Ch. 7 After Auction Falls Short
• Constellation Fights Unsecured Creditors' Bar Date Bid
• Gawker Says $3.7M IRS, NYC Tax Claims Could Hold Up Ch. 11
• Biz News Outlet Fights Order To Reveal Coal Co. Sources
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Lehman Employees' ERISA Suit
• Paragon, Creditors Head To Mediation Over New Ch. 11 Plan
• Munsch Hardt Co-Founder Dies In Australian Plane Crash
• SEC Sues Texas Brothers Over Oil And Gas Co. Stock Scheme
• Caesars Amends Merger, Bankrupt Arm To Get $1.4B In Loans
• Auditor Reviewed Dewey's London Tax Docs, Jury Hears
• Cosi Allowed To Continue Using Cash Collateral In Ch. 11
• Union Pacific Can't Dodge Asarco's $482M Cleanup Cost Suit
• FDIC Can Split Colonial Trials Against Crowe Horwath, PwC
• Under Armour Hid Sports Authority Ch. 11's Impact, Suit Says
• Wet Seal Landlords Say Cash Use Budget Doesn't Cover Rent
• EFH Wins Official Ch. 11 Plan OK After 'Extraordinary' Case
• Austrian Co. Can't Exit GM Suit Over $1.5B Loan
• $6M DIP Approved For The Limited, Ahead Of Tuesday Auction
• ATopTech Fires Back At Objections Over Sale, Bonus Plans
• SunEdison's Unsecured Creditors Grilled Over Fraud Suit
• Fisker Fight Over Karma Share Issue Retained By Del. Court
• Founder Of BlueHippo, Itself Underwater, Files For Ch. 7
• International Shipholding Ch. 11 Plan Hits Creditor Snag
• EFH On The Verge Of Exiting Ch. 11 With $18B NextEra Deal
• Dewey Ex-Finance Head Says Accounting Fix Was Wrong
• Investors Can't Revise Distribution For $15M Farm Loan Scam
• JPMorgan's $797M Settlement With Lehman Gets Court OK
• Gorsuch Nomination Hearings To Kick Off In March
• Paragon Defends Bid For More Time To File Ch. 11 Plan
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 8
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• Modular Space Holdings Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Alston & Bird Nabs Duane Morris Bankruptcy Pros In NY
• Outer Harbor Submits Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan For Approval
• Facing Pushback, Bonanza Creek Adds Time To Del. Ch. 11
• SunEdison Seeks 4th Ch. 11 Plan Exclusive Filing Extension
• Trustee Objects To ATopTech Ch. 11 Incentive Bonuses
• Homer City's Ch. 11 Reorganization Approved By Del. Court
• 5th Circ. OKs Lawyer's Sentence Based On Wrong Guidelines
• New Orleans Hospital's Ch. 11 Proceedings Moved To La.
• Investor Group To Lead Putative Horsehead Shareholder Class
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 7
• NJ Ordered To Defend Atlantic City Layoffs, Contract Changes
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• International Shipholding Pushes To Implement Ch. 11 Plan
• Banks Lavished Dewey With High Debt Offers, Jury Hears
• Draw Another Circle's Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Confirmed
• Austrian Co. Fights To Exit GM Suit Over $1.5B Loan
• EFH Opens Ch. 11 Confirmation Push With 'Global Peace' Deal
• Creditors' Bid To Undo Sabine's Ch. 11 Plan Nixed As Moot
• Doral Financial Trustee Seeks To Cap Ex-Exec's $12M Claim
• Platinum Partners, Dechert Parting Ways In $1B Fraud Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear ERISA Suit Over Madoff Profits
• Essar Steel, Minn. To Talk Timing Of Lease Objection Hearing
• US Trustee Blasts $1M ATopTech Breakup Fee
• What You Need To Know About 'Unrestricted Subsidiaries'
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• Samson Resources Ch. 11 Plan, $4B Debt Rework Confirmed
• EFH Reaches Tentative Deal To Resolve Make-Whole Dispute
• Homer City Slams Watchdog's Opposition To Its Ch. 11 Plan
• IRS Objects To Shipping Co.'s $200M Bankruptcy Plan
• Chancery Appoints Custodian To Oversee Wastewater Co.
• DirectBuy Approved For Sale To Chinese PE In Del. Ch. 11
• BlackBerry Seeks To Lift Avaya's Ch. 11 Stay On Patent Suit
• NYC Housewares Co. OK'd For Up To $3M In DIP Financing
• Bankrupt Wet Seal Seeks To Auction Off Name, Other IP
• A Lesson On The Rule Of Explicitness
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• Well Leaseholders Say Triangle USA Plan Is Ambiguous
• La. Health Agency Wants NOLA Hospital's Del. Ch. 11 Moved
• Creditors Blast International Shipholding's Ch. 11 Plan
• MF Global Insurers' TRO Appeal Denied As Moot
• Justices Urged To Keep Medicare Row In Bankruptcy Court
• Fla. Appeals Court Extends Time To Sue Bankrupt Insurers
• NY Panel Says Bear Fund Liquidators Suit Time-Barred
• Russian Bank Linked To Embezzlement Gets Ch. 15 Protection
• DOJ Moves To Foreclose On Wyly Widow's Dallas Home
• WMI Hits Back At $5M Tax Consulting Fee, Sanction Claims
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• Julius Baer Faces €306M Demand Over Embezzlement Claim
• Dewey Retrial Inches Forward As Juror Troubles Continue
• Del. Judge Upholds Skadden Duck Of Radnor Ex-CEO's Suit
• Aging Coal-Fired Power Plants In The Trump Era
• IRS Objects To Releases In Samson Resources Ch. 11 Plan
• Australian Mining Equipment Co. Files For Ch. 15 Protection
• Dewey's DiCarmine Was Above The Fray, Jury Hears
• Watchdog Opposes Broad Releases In Homer City Ch. 11 Plan
• Patients Cleared To Fight Bankrupt Health Co.'s Collections
• Rennert Says MagCorp Jury Should Have Been A Judge
• Vanguard Debtors Say FCA Row Belongs In Bankruptcy Court
• Big Apple Circus Receives Bid That Might Keep Show Alive
• House GOP Plans To Limit Dodd-Frank Outlined In Memo
• 'Housewives' Star's Ex-Atty Looks To Ax Bankruptcy Deal
• Minn. Objects To Essar's Ch. 11 Plan Over Mineral Leases
• Mountjoy Wants Others To Join Tech Co.'s Negligence Suit
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Paragon Creditors Say Third Extension Request Is Too Many
• Violin Memory Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan Pact With Soros Unit
• RadioShack Can Audit United HealthCare Claim Information
• Eastern Outfitters Gets Access To $65M DIP Loan In Ch. 11
• PE Firm Wants En Banc 2nd Circ. To Rehear Bond Law Ruling
• $3M Ends EY Negligence Row In Universal Health Bankruptcy
• Scout Media's $9.5M Ch. 11 Sale To CBS Unit Gets Court's OK
• The Subordination Of Equity-­Related Claims In Bankruptcy
• Ohio Auto Dealer Dealt Blow In Bid To Rejoin Chrysler Network
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• US Trustee Says DirectBuy Ch. 11 Plan Not Transparent
• Garden Fresh Gets More Time To File Ch.11 Plan
• Dewey Judge Shoots Down Mistrial Motion As Retrial Opens
• RadioShack Trustee Fights Wage Suit, Creditor Payments
• Fisker Automotive Can't Escape Investor Suit Alleging Fraud
• Exxon Calls Samson Resources Ch. 11 Plan Unclear
• Sinking Cal Dive Asks For Ch. 7 Liquidation
• Emerald Oil Ch. 11 Disclosures Get Unopposed Go-Ahead
• MF Global's $1B-Plus PwC Malpractice Trial Delayed For Talks
• United Road Towing Gets OK To Tap Part Of $35M DIP Loan
• Cosi Reaches Deal In Franchisee Fee Dispute
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Marblegate's Impact On TIA Guarantee Protections
• Bankrupt Louisiana Heart Hospital Faces WARN Suit
• Performance Sports Gets OK On $575M Sale Of Assets
• Dewey Retrial Start Tripped Up By Juror Problems
• Ex-Execs Fight Discovery Freeze In $1B Platinum Fraud Suit
• Bonanza Creek Equity, Notes Groups Attack Ch. 11 Terms
• Eastern Outfitters Opens Ch. 11 In Del. With Sale Plans
• Towing Co. Files Ch. 11 To Avoid Potential $5M Judgment
• Dewey's Road From Mistrial To Retrial
• SEC Drops $428M Thornburg Mortgage Case
• Judge Seeks Deal In MF Global's $1B PwC Malpractice Suit
• Could Dewey & LeBoeuf Become Cy Vance's 'White Whale'?
• Dewey Redux: A Master Plan, The Secret 7 And A Ski House
• NJ Insurer Ordered Liquidated Amid Mounting Financial Woes
• Bankrupt Louisiana Heart Hospital Says It Plans To Close
• Dewey Trial 2.0 Set To Begin As Jury Selection Wraps Up
• MF Global Customer Attys Must Redraw Fee Bid
• Minn. Mine Owners Say Public Leases Key To New Ch. 11 Plan
• Clothier Wet Seal Wins Initial OKs For Liquidation
• Greenberg Traurig Settles Clawback Suit Over $2.2M In Fees
• Dewey Lied About Docs Over $8M Tax Bill, Ex-Client Says
• Bankruptcy Atty Fights 51 Motions To End His FCRA War
• MF Global Insurers Want Do-Over On Jurisdiction
• Fresh & Easy Ch. 11 Plan Includes $21.5M From PE Arm
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal & Manges
• Chrysler Execs Won't Get 2nd Try In Retirement Trust Fight
• Health Co. Settles $4.5M Lab Claim In Ch. 11
• Performance Sports Makes Final Push For $575M Ch. 11 Sale
• US Trustee Balks At EFH Bid To Pay Creditor Legal Fees
• Texas Energy Co. Hits Ch. 11, Aiming To Ax $708M In Debt
• Retailer Wet Seal Washes Up Again In 2nd Del. Ch. 11
• US Trustee Blasts Avaya's $50M Bonus, Severance Plan
• The 4 Wittiest Dissents By Gorsuch
• Gorsuch's Opening Words Speak Volumes About His Style
• Daily Fantasy Co. Files For Bankruptcy Claiming User Funds
• JPMorgan To Pay Lehman $797M Over Collapse-Linked Claims
• Senators Flirt With Nuclear Option Over High Court Pick
• Taylor-Wharton Attys, Advisers Get $4M In Ch. 11 Fees
• Molycorp Seeks OK For Mine Bids After $40M Stalking Horse
• Similar On The Law, Gorsuch Differs From Scalia In Style
• Surety Says DirectBuy Needs Its OK For Bond Contracts
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Securities Co. Pays $16M In Suit Over Schilling's 38 Studios
• Attys React To Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination
• Roust's Rapid Road To Chapter 11 Confirmation
• Optima's Executives Get $1.1M Payout In Ch. 11 Case
• Saad Co. Liquidators Lose $318M Claim In UK Supreme Court
• Hampshire Unsecured Creditors Blast Raise For CFO
• The Myth Of The Forceful Mediator