Bankruptcy Archive » March, 2017

Bankruptcy - March, 2017

269 articles

• SunEdison Worried $231M Claim Could Disrupt Yieldco Deal
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Lien Blockage In NJ Bankruptcy Row
• Bonanza Creek Defends Ch. 11 Plan Ahead Of Confirmation
• Dewey Staffer Says CFO Knew Of Fraud With Chairman's Pay
• A Law Firm's Guide To Social Media
• Bankrupt Aquion Energy Hit With WARN Complaint
• Gordmans Sites To Remain Open With Stage Stores Bid
• Stung By Ch. 11 Plan Swap, YPF Seeks End To Maxus Control
• Standard General Open To Settling Charney Coverage Suit
• Winston & Strawn Malpractice Suit Transferred To Florida
• Regulators Deal Major Setback To EFH's $18B NextEra Deal
• DLA Piper Expands Nordic Presence With Danish Firm Combo
• Defining 'Securities Claims' In D&O Policies
• 2nd Circ. Judge Tells Ex-CEO His Customers 'Got Screwed'
• Why Shippers See Value In Cayman Special Purpose Vehicles
• Seminoles Lose Bid For Share Of Oil Co. Heir's Insurance
• Dewey Staffer Says She Feared For Job, Lied To Auditors
• NJOY Unsecured Creditors Get Green Light To Go After Brass
• Judge Sets 'Occurrence' Measure For Priest Abuse Cases
• Westinghouse Gets Conditional OK To Tap $800M Ch. 11 Loan
• Standard Register Gets OK On $4.3M Superfund Settlement
• Judge Picks Receiver For Cos. Linked To $7.4M Chilean Fraud
• Calif. Agency Disputes Power Plant's $14M Ch. 11 Tax Claim
• UBS Units Urge 5th Circ. To Nix Suit Over Enron Knowledge
• Bankruptcy Judge Wants More Info On Avaya Bonus Plan
• $600K Debt Release Was Fraudulent Transfer, NJ Justices Say
• Maxus Ch. 11 Moves Will Spark 'Endless Litigation,' YPF Says
• 7th Circ. Wary Of Expanding Atty Liability In Mayer Brown Suit
• Energy Future Creditor $25B Loan Row Toss Survives Appeal
• Cocoa Co. Seeks Emergency Sale Of Forward Contracts
• Burt Barr Can't Dodge Ex-Client's Texas Malpractice Suit
• SunEdison Creditors Blast $2.5B Yieldco Share Sale Plan
• CFTC Seeks $8M Against Pastor Who Defrauded Churchgoers
• California Proton Keeps Operator's Priority In $32M DIP Order
• Aerospace Opens Del. Ch. 11 First Day With Bid, Sale Plan
• Outer Harbor Creditors To Argue For Longer Investigation
• Bonanza Creek Noteholders Push For Ch. 11 Rights Offering
• Foxwoods Developer Loses Appeal Over $50M Pa. Casino Fee
• Sam Wyly Allowed To Pull Appeal Of $300M SEC Fraud Case
• BofA Fined $45M For 'Kafkaesque' Foreclosure Nightmare
• $12M Whistleblower Claim Against Bankrupt Doral Cut By 98%
• Solar Firm Sungevity Ch. 11 Bid Rules Modified In Del.
• Apple Accessories Distributor Wants 2nd Shot At Ore. Firm
• Westinghouse Hits Ch. 11, Reassesses Nuclear Projects
• Disbarred Atty's Fee Tiff Already Litigated, NJ Panel Says
• Dewey Cooperator Says He Never Told CFO Of Fraud
• BCBG To Resolve Azria Contract Fight Before Bid Deadline
• Sungevity Creditors Say Ch. 11 Auction Plan Chills Bidding
• Ocean Driller Files For Ch. 15 To Protect Restructuring Deal
• Eastern Outfitters Gets Nod For Private Sale Procedures
• Newspaper Advertising Co. Hits Ch. 11 Amid Industry Woes
• EFH Professional Fees Reach $450M, With More To Come
• RBS Objects To Direct Appeal In Madoff Clawback Fight
• Bankrupt BlueHippo Founder Ordered Again To Pay $13.4M
• US Trustee Rips Avaya's $3.7M Bankruptcy Bonus Plan
• Aerospace Holdings Opens Ch. 11 With $98M Debt, Sale Plan
• Hitting The Brakes On Structured Dismissals
• RadioShack Unsecured Creditors Balk At Lender Cash Terms
• Outer Harbor Creditors Say $25M In Payments Is 'Suspicious'
• Dewey Finance Head OK'd Phony Accounting, Controller Says
• Paragon Offshore Shareholders Denied Committee In Ch. 11
• Essar Steel Asks Permission To Restart Mine Construction
• Chieftain Sand Ch. 11 Asset Sale Price Balloons To $35M
• Are Your In-House Lawyers Happy?
• Ryckman Seeks $10M Financing Hike Amid Buyer 'Nibbles'
• Supreme Court Takes Up Ch. 11 Nonstatutory Insider Dispute
• Mid-Continent Nabs 5th Circ. Win On $63M Bankruptcy Claim
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Over Tax Returns In Bankruptcy
• BCBG Fights Founder, Wife Over Job Termination In Ch. 11
• IRS, US Trustee Object To Fees In Wyly Bankruptcy
• Dewey Staffer Says She Didn't Think She Committed Crimes
• 'Housewives' Star's Ex-Atty Urges Stay Of Malpractice Action
• SunEdison Lenders Fight To Ax Fraudulent Transfer Suit
• Samson, Magnum Hunter End $17M Claims Fight In Del. Ch. 11
• Bankrupt Studio Gets Nod For $4M Deal With Ex-Execs
• Paragon Investors Rip Del. Ch. 11 Disclosure, Projections
• Asbestos Firms Shed Racketeering Suits For Lack Of Ill. Ties
• Why Tribes Should Be Careful With Bankruptcy Practices
• Cosi Files New Creditor-Backed Reorganization Plan
• Fed, FDIC Seek Improvements In Northern Trust's Living Will
• Google, NASA, Planes And A Stronger Legal Team
• Justices Avoid Upending Ch. 11 Creditor Payment Practices
• Cozen Continues Miami Growth With 3 Commercial Litigators
• Dewey Finance Staffer Says She Cooked The Books
• California Proton's Operator Opposes $32M DIP Loan
• Jury Hands Metal Recycler $16M Loss In Bankruptcy Dispute
• Court Says Netflix Must Pay Jones Day Rates In Dispute
• Bank Seeks $2.2M Fee For $575M Performance Sports Sale
• Judge Wary Of More Leeway To Sue Implant Sciences Lenders
• FINRA, DTC Accused Of Sending $8M To Wrong Investors
• DOL Gets OK Of $192M Black Lung Deal With Bankrupt Alpha
• NJ Water Agency Settles Claims Against Ex-Board Members
• Acquiring Midstream Assets And Gas Agreements: Part 2
• 10 Tips For Better Legal Negotiations
• MF Global, PwC Settle $2B Malpractice Claim
• Detroit Suit Threat Draws Heated Words From Jones Day Head
• Eastern Outfitters Plans To Pivot To Private Ch. 11 Sale
• Emerald Oil Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed, Over Trustee Objection
• Sears Cautions On Going Concern Woes
• Unsecured Creditors Balk At United Road Towing's DIP Terms
• Zohar Funds Say Tilton 'Pillaged' Them, Can't Escape Suit
• Gray Matters: Decision Error
• Acquiring Midstream Assets And Gas Agreements: Part 1
• High Court Narrows Use Of Structured Dismissals In Ch. 11
• Debt Collector SquareTwo Gets Nod For $10M Interim Infusion
• Ex-Dewey Atty Tells Jury Of $6.9M Fee Error On Firm's Books
• Caribbean Bank Says Regulator Used It Like A 'Piggy Bank'
• Eastern Outfitters Creditors Slam DIP, Bidding Procedures
• Accountant's $18.3M Oversight Blamed For Nonprofit's Ch. 11
• The Limited's Creditors Can Keep Info Secret
• Avaya Gets Approval To Back Out Of 49ers Suite Contract
• Law Schools And Law Firms: Seeking Common Ground
• How Lenders Can Minimize Risks Of Borrowing Base Fraud
• PwC Calls Jury Primer 'Finger On The Scale' In $2B Suit
• Dewey Execs Say State's Secrecy Warrants Dismissal
• Singapore-Based Oil Field Servicer Files For Ch. 11 In NY
• Value-Added Tax Dischargeable In Bankruptcy, EU Court Says
• Pittsburgh Corning's Asbestos Trust Wants Ch. 11 Reopened
• Bostwick Labs Reaches Deal With Feds, Interim Lenders
• Debt Collector SquareTwo To Sell Canadian Biz In Ch. 11
• Bankruptcy Court Must Clarify Millennium Labs Fraud Release
• Doral Trustee Seeks $5.3M From Paul Hastings
• Not From Around Here? Trying A Case As An Out-Of-Towner
• Mystery Creditor Pushes Eagan Avenatti Into Ch. 11
• Hhgregg Ch. 11 Sale Collapses, With Co. Seeking Other Bids
• Bostwick Ch. 11 Thrown Into Crisis By Medicare Funds Freeze
• Dewey's DiCarmine Not In On Accounting Fraud, Jury Hears
• Injured Atty's $26M Verdict Upheld Against Chicago Cab Co.
• Trustee Says Emerald Oil Plan Shuns Disapproving Creditors
• Gawker Media Dodges $1.2M New York City Tax Claim
• Polysilicon Co. Fears Loss Of IP In SunEdison Asset Sale
• Landlords Say Eastern Outfitters DIP Budget Ignores Rent
• How The Gordmans Stores Bankruptcy Will Affect Landlords
• Maxus Seeks More Ch. 11 Exclusivity Amid Creditor Proposal
• 'Housewives' Star's Ex-Atty Aims To Sink Bankruptcy Deal
• Dewey Defense Takes Aim At Cooperator's Plea Change
• Judge Says Jury In $2B PwC Malpractice Row 'Confused'
• Medicare Freeze Threat Imperils Bostwick Ch. 11 Plans
• Bankrupt Ski Resort Owner Says Ex-Atty Gets No Immunity
• Essar Steel Ch. 11 Disclosure Approved Despite Bid Qualms
• Lehman, Home Loan Bank Gear Up For $150M Swap Suit Trial
• Bankrupt Retailer Gordmans To Lay Off About 600 Workers
• Health Care Bankruptcy: Not An Ordinary Chapter 11 Case
• Solar Firm Sungevity Gets Interim OK To Tap $20M DIP Loan
• Hancock Fabrics Can Keep Control Of Ch. 11 Case For Now
• Ch. 15 Debtor Still On Hook For Highway Project, Court Told
• PwC Fails To Kill MF Global's 'New Theory' In $2B Trial
• Madoff Trustee Wants Transfer Clawback Fight In 2nd Circ.
• Bankrupt SunEdison Seeks To Advance $2.5B Yieldco Deal
• Declining Reimbursements Send Cancer Testing Co. To Ch. 11
• Essar Amends Ch. 11 Plan, Disclosure Ahead Of Hearing
• SEC Says Adviser Misled NFL Players On Unregistered Stocks
• Atty, Firm Seek Quick Win In Miami Land Price-Fix Suit
• What Should Puerto Rico Offer Its Creditors?
• Lily Robotics Moves Forward With Refund, DIP Loan Plans
• Defunct Zucker Goldberg, Creditors Reach 2nd Ch. 11 Plan
• Essar OKs $33M Bankruptcy Claim To Settle Contract Fight
• Mexican Mobile Co. Fights For $6M Claim Against Vivaro
• FCA Suit Against Tenn. Nursing Home Co. OK'd During Ch. 11
• Solar Firm Sungevity Hits Ch. 11 After Failed Buyout
• Aeropostale Gets Until May To Exclusively File Ch. 11 Plan
• Fewer Bankruptcies But Heavier Caseloads Emerged In 2016
• Judge Has No Love For It's Just Lunch Date-Coupon Deal
• Too Late For PwC To Object To 'New' Theory, MF Global Says
• Enron Unit Wants $18.7M For Final Nigeria Arbitral Win
• Facing Judgment For The Securities Law Violation Of Another
• How The Most Profitable Law Firms Structure Their C-Suites
• PwC Wants New Theory Out Of $2B Malpractice Battle
• Bankrupt Essar Steel Algoma Sues Coal Supplier
• Dewey Witness Says CFO Was In On Accounting Fraud
• Midstream Cos. Lose Appeal Over Nixed Sabine Contracts
• Debtor Chieftain's Sale Plans Ignore Unpaid Work, Court Told
• Retailer Gordmans Hits Chapter 11 Citing Industry Downturn
• Fox Rothschild Dodges Pa. Frivolous Bankruptcy Claim
• Money Centers Wins OK For Ch. 11 Plan After 'Difficult' Case
• Warehouser Says Abandoned E-Cig Inventory Is Dangerous
• 50 Cent Seeks Sanctions For Writers Who Say He Stole Idea
• Settlement Strategy: What Does The Client Really Want?
• Star Dewey Cooperator Tells Of 'Master Plan' To Con Banks
• Bonanza Creek Ch. 11 Hearing Delayed By Court Schedule
• Battery Maker Aquion Gets OK To Use Lender's Cash
• RadioShack Can Use Lender Cash To Help Fund Ch. 11 Case
• Corzine Takes A Few Hits In $2B PwC Malpractice Scrap
• EU High Court Limits Erasure Of Public Data On Biz Owners
• Madoff Investors Urge 2nd Circ. To Rework $655M Settlement
• Boeing Sanctioned In $1.2B Air Force Contract Dispute
• Triangle Ch. 11 Confirmed With Post-Exit Contract Option
• Judge Denies Mid-Case Appeal In $1.5B GM Ch. 11 Dispute
• McGuireWoods Adds 4 Chapman And Cutler Partners In SF
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Weil, Cravath, Sidley
• MF Global-PwC Fight Could Set Troublesome Precedent
• Modernizing New York's Fraudulent Conveyance Laws
• In The Associate Lateral Market, All Law Firms Are Not Equal
• Corzine Stands By Bond Bet Prior To MF Global's Collapse
• State's Top Dewey Witness Takes Stand, Cops to Crimes
• Bonanza Creek Equity Holders Tear Into Ch. 11 Plan
• Answers.com Gets $25M Ch. 11 Financing Request OK'd
• Chaparral Ch. 11 Confirmed After Pipeline Battle Suspended
• Schorsch, Others Sued Over $1.4B RCS Capital Ch. 11
• Reflections From A Mock Trial
• NJOY Unsecured Creditors Aim To Go After Brass
• Extreme Networks Lobs $100M Stalking Horse For Avaya Biz
• RadioShack Back In Ch. 11 Citing Problems With Sprint Deal
• Charter Plane Co. Ch. 7 Trustee Gets $1M DOD Deal Approved
• OFAC Takes Sanctions Jurisdiction Into Uncharted Waters
• Republic Airways Fights Plane Lessor In Bid To Clear Ch. 11
• MF Global Expert Relied On Old Rule In $2B PwC Fight
• Saltwater Battery Maker Hits Ch. 11 After Draining Losses
• With Few Options Left, Cal Dive Shifts To Ch. 7 In Del.
• Hampshire Group Settles CFO Pay, Aims For Ch. 11 End
• Dewey, Patterson Trustee Fees Trimmed In Nortel Ch. 11
• Wyly Children Seek To Shield Trust From $1B IRS Claim
• Platinum Partners Exec Hit With Injunction In $1B Fraud Suit
• Merit, Koch Unit Contest Chaparral Ch. 11 Pipe Sale Plan
• Issues To Expect In A Title III Puerto Rico Restructuring
• Ybrant Defeats Creditor's Bid To Ax Ch. 11 Case
• Dewey Star Cooperator Set To Take Stand At Fraud Retrial
• SunEdison Gets Ch. 11 Plan Extension In Wake Of Yieldco Deal
• Unsecured Creditors Blast Paragon's Ch. 11 Plan Disclosures
• MF Global Tells Jury $2B PwC Botch Killed The Company
• Tilton, Patriarch Partners Seek To End Zohar Funds' Suit
• Maxus Ch. 11 Disclosure Held For DIP Lender Switch Talks
• Madoff Investors' $65B Suit Against Picower Tossed In NY
• Brookfield To Shell Out $2.5B For SunEdison Yieldcos
• Electronics Chain Hhgregg Hits Ch. 11, Asset Buyer In Tow
• Where's The Fire? Viewing 363 Sales Through A Market Lens
• Guess Founder Owes $40M For Malicious Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Banker Says Dewey Exec Wasn't In Loop On $150M Bond Deal
• Violin Memory's Ch. 11 Disclosure, Plan Approved In Del.
• GM Sues Asbestos Trusts In Del., Pa., NY For Worker Payout
• Insurance Co. Says It Won't Cover Bribe-Linked Litigation
• United Road Towing Approved For Amended $35M DIP Loan
• Answers.com Owner Files For Ch. 11 With $471M Debt Plan
• Enron Unit Urges DC Circ. To Finalize Nigeria Arbitral Win
• Stillwater Settles With Holding Cos. In $50M RE Suit
• SNDA Agreements Benefit Both Tenants And Lenders
• Data Analytics Now Cost-Effective For Smaller Firms
• Barclays 'Lost Faith' In Dewey Over Scant Info, Jury Hears
• 'Housewives' Star Fights Ex-Atty's Appeal Of Bankruptcy Deal
• Wet Seal IP Assets Garner Double Stalking Horse Offer
• Jones Day Nabs Ex-Cadwalader Tax Pro in NY
• Calif. Proton Gets Interim Access To $2.3M In DIP Funding
• Avaya Fights Trustee's 'Insider' Label In Bid To Pay Bonuses
• Judge Muzzles MF Global On PwC 'Public Watchdog' Role
• Exclusion Doesn't Ax Priest Abuse Coverage, Judge Says
• Squire Patton Boggs Rehires 10-Year Bankruptcy Veteran
• A Lesson From 6th Circ. On 'Applicable Nonbankruptcy Law'
• Former Le-Nature's Exec Can't Reduce 20-Year Sentence
• Don't Underestimate The Value Of An Internal Audit
• Bankrupt Cal Dive Launches $20M Clawback Campaign
• Republic Airways Wants Ch. 11 Plan Cleared For Takeoff
• Merit Energy Slams Chaparral's Bid To Sell Shared Pipeline
• Banks Offered Millions As Dewey Crumbled, Jury Hears
• Caliber Says Triangle USA's Plan Delays Contract Decision
• Bank Aims To Leapfrog $51M Aetna Claim On Broke Hospital
• Bankrupt Avaya Seeks Use Of Up To $3.7M For Exec Bonuses
• Cancer Treatment Center Hits Ch. 11 With $180M In Debt
• Occidental Says Maxus Is Curbing Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• New Business Opportunities In Shared Workspaces
• Avoiding Errors When Dismissing A Bankruptcy Appeal
• Madoff Figure's $20M Deal With Calif., Investors OK'd
• Lehman Slams Citibank's Bid For Early Win In $2B Setoff Suit
• Unsecured Creditors Blast Outer Harbor's Ch. 11 Plan
• Wet Seal Reaches Stalking Horse Deal With IP Asset Bidder
• Studio Seeks Ch. 11 Judge's Nod On $4M Deal With Ex-Execs
• BCBG Max Azria Hits Ch. 11 Amid Retail Store Closings
• Why Puerto Rico Will Likely Rely On PROMESA Title III
• Money Centers Ch. 11 Court Says Tribes Out Of Jurisdiction
• IRS Withdraws Billions In Satisfied Claims Against EFH