Bankruptcy Archive » April, 2017

Bankruptcy - April, 2017

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• Delfasco Can't Buy Bankrupt Conco Until 2019, 6th Circ. Says
• Freshfields Hires Arnold & Porter Bankruptcy Team In NY
• New GM Says Tronox Decision Blocks Successor Liability
• Paragon Offshore Pitches Another Ch. 11 Disclosure In Del.
• Fresh & Easy Ch. 11 Plan, Disclosure Confirmed In Del.
• Lily Robotics Seeks Bidders After Asset Sale Plan Approved
• Delivery Agent Unsecured Creditors Seek To Probe Top Execs
• Dewey Execs' Fraud Prompted By 7-Figure Pay, State Says
• Hospital Laundry Co.'s Ch. 11 Loan, Bidding Procedures OK'd
• Property Sale Proceeds Being Misused, Haggen Creditors Say
• Bostwick's $6.5M Asset Sale To Poplar Approved In Del.
• Health Hires: 8 Firms Add Health, Life Sciences Experts
• Dems Blast House GOP Dodd-Frank Rollback Efforts
• The Mediator's Proposal As A Tool For Litigants
• EFH Judge Again Rejects Del. Trust Bid To Boost Recovery
• Feds Deny Responsibility For Platinum Partners Jury Leak
• Dewey Defense Says Execs Were Trying To Save Failing Firm
• Nuclear Plant Owners Fight IP Clause In Westinghouse Loan
• Chicago Disclosures Briefly Snag Towing Co.'s Ch. 11 Sale
• SquareTwo Beats Creditor Objection To $59M DIP Loan
• Rupari Gets Go-Ahead For $26M Ch. 11 Auction Plans
• Russian Receiver Avoids Ch. 15 Probe Deemed Overbroad
• Expectations After The Trump Administration's First 100 Days
• KiOR Investors Seek OK For $4.5M Stock-Drop Deal
• Defining An Occurrence For Sexual Abuse Cases
• Ruling In GM Case Clarifies Liability Limits In Bankruptcies
• Westinghouse Agrees To Litigate Merger Fight During Ch. 11
• Bankrupt Coal Co., Forest Service Resolve Mine Cleanup Row
• Lensar Secures Ch. 11 Plan OK, Lender Debt-To-Equity Deal
• 2nd Circ. Axes First Bank's 2nd Shot At $62M Lehman Claim
• Essar Picks $1B-Plus Chippewa Bid For Ch. 11 Mine Sale
• Del. Trust Again Argues It's Due Larger Share Of EFH Pie
• Bankrupt Solar Panel Co. Asks For Tariffs On Foreign Imports
• TransCare Execs Must Turn Over Patriarch Partners Docs
• Halt Medical Bid Protections Are Unnecessary, Trustee Says
• FINRA, DTC Want Suit Over Bankruptcy Distribution Killed
• Unsecured Creditors, Trustee Object To Rupari Sale Plans
• Bankrupt Unilife Seeks $1M In Bonuses For Top Brass
• The 9-Year Winning Streak Of Virginia 'Rocket Docket'
• SunEdison Approved For New $640M Loan To Fund Ch. 11
• DA Failed To Pin Fraud On Dewey's DiCarmine, Jury Hears
• Citibank Defends Trade Valuations To Open $2B Lehman Suit
• ERP Floats Bid Worth $100M For Molycorp's Rare Earth Mine
• Gawker Takes Discovery Requests To Bankruptcy Judge
• Release Dispute Slows Outer Harbor Ch. 11 Disclosure Move
• US Bank To Pay $15M Penalty For Bankruptcy Filing Misdeeds
• NJOY Seeks Ch. 11 Trustee To Administer Rest Of Its Case
• Late Bidder Chippewa Takes Lead Role In Essar Ch. 11 Sale
• Adams Resources Gets Access To Portion Of $1.25M DIP Loan
• Judge Cracks Avaya's Ch. 11 Shield For BlackBerry Suit
• Fed. Judge Backs Bankruptcy Court In Bagel Co. Row
• Biotech Investors Seek Ruling On Jefferies Arbitration Fight
• 9th Circ. Nixes Ariz. Road Easement Ruling, Tosses Case
• Let's Talk About Half-Hearted Innovation
• Trial Over Assets Linked To $1.5B GM Loan Gets Underway
• Bankrupt RadioShack Gets OK To Pay Up To $3.4M In Bonuses
• Cosi Seeks Ch. 11 Plan OK, Fights Exec's Severance Claims
• ATopTech Seeks $6M DIP Financing For Stalking Horse Sale
• Gawker Defends Bid To Investigate Hulk Hogan's Backer
• Solar Co. Verengo Gets OK On Ch. 11 Plan, Sale To Creditors
• Wells Fargo Ditches Restrictions Over 'Living Will' Issues
• Dewey Execs Pin Hopes On Undermining State's Case
• Adams Resources Subsidiary Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Plans
• 5th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of ATP Investor Suit
• Rupari Says Ch. 11 Adversary Process Must Move Swiftly
• BCBG Can Cancel Azria Employment Contract, Judge Says
• Bankrupt Ciber Sues Wash. Board Over Software Deal
• 5th Circ. Largely Sides With SEC In Life Partners Appeal
• Trio Of Directors Urge US Bankruptcy Court To Nix Israeli Suit
• Great Lakes Pipeline Seeks OK Of Essar Contract Fight Deal
• Justices Won't Hear GM's Appeal Of Bankruptcy-Shield Ruling
• Counsel To Counsel: Insights From Law Firm GCs
• Retailer Bebe Will Shut All Stores To Avoid Bankruptcy
• Westinghouse Ch. 11 Threatens Fate Of US Nuclear Projects
• Bankrupt Ryckman Creek Floats Deal With Gas Storage Client
• Dewey Prosecution Rests In Retrial, Defense Plans Unclear
• BCBG Says Court Can Quickly Resolve Azria Contract Feud
• Memorable Lessons From Violin Memory And Other Auctions
• Fla. Judge Sends Eagan Avenatti Bankruptcy To Calif.
• SquareTwo Creditors Aim To Block Several 1st-Day Motions
• Cosi Fights Over $2M In Shareholder Claims In Ch. 11
• Trump Orders Review Of 2 Key Dodd-Frank Powers
• Gray Matters: The Attorney-Client Team
• Dewey Execs Rip Absent Chair, Demand MIA Witness Charge
• Ch. 11 Petition Stays Calif. PAGA Claims, 9th Circ. Rules
• $20M Panda Temple DIP Short-Circuited By Court, Creditor
• Bankruptcy Judge Turns Down SunEdison Discovery Bid
• Republic Airways Climbs Out Of Ch. 11 With Confirmed Plan
• Tony Roma's Says Licensing Deal Not Part Of Rupari Sale
• ER Operator Adeptus Files Ch. 11, Seeks PE Takeover
• RadioShack Defends Plan For $1.4M In Executive Bonuses
• Maxus Seeks OK On $15M Sale Of Gulf Oil Field Interests
• 'Housewives' Star Slams Atty's Bid To Toss Malpractice Suit
• Counsel To Counsel: Mama Said There'll Be Days Like This
• Litigation Finance, Big Data And The Limits Of AI
• High Court Hat Trick: Jenner Atty Appears 3 Times In A Month
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Tronox Tort Plaintiffs' No-Suit Order Appeal
• Hulk Hogan, Billionaire Slam Gawker For Info Hunt
• Galleon Founder Took Millions Amid Firm Turmoil, Suit Says
• GTAT Trustee Sues Ex-CEO Over Ruinous Apple Deal
• Avaya Argues For Continued Stay Of BlackBerry's Patent Suit
• FirstBank Takes 2nd Shot In 2nd Circ. In $62M Lehman Claim
• SunEdison Yieldco Deal Allocation Spat Heads To Mediation
• Suniva Gets DIP Cash To Fund Solar Cell Trade Petition
• SportsDirect Acquires Eastern Outfitters In Ch. 11 Sale
• Aerospace Holdings To Pivot To Private Bankruptcy Sale
• Disarming Puerto Rico's Pension Time Bomb
• Utilities Doubt Westinghouse's Ability To Pay Bills
• Fla. Sheriff Can't Buy Ex-Worker's Suit, Bankruptcy Court Says
• Counsel To Counsel: A Law Firm GC's Data Protection Duties
• Solar Panel Maker Suniva Opens Ch. 11 On $100M-Plus Debt
• Violin Memory Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK For Sale To Soros Unit
• Ex-Madoff Investor Loses Bank Records Appeal
• Maxus Ch. 11 DIP, Disclosure Cleared Over YPF Objections
• MF Global, Insurers Nudged To Mediate Contract Dispute
• Venoco Gets First-Day Approvals On New Bankruptcy Motions
• US Trustee, Creditors Object To RadioShack Bonus Plan
• PE Firm Puts Plant Into Ch. 11, Blames Texas Grid Regulator
• 9th Circ. Denies Sanctioned Atty's Bid To Rethink Fee Orders
• Army Corps Can't Duck Row Over $11.4M Contract's Axing
• Chilean Co. Receiver Fights Forced Bankruptcy In $7.4M Fraud
• Counsel To Counsel: Evaluating Positional Conflicts
• Russian Biz Ex-Owner Slams Receiver On Ch. 15 Discovery
• Reed Smith Rips 50 Cent's $32M Counterclaim, Fee Objection
• Venoco Back In Ch. 11 Months After Plan Confirmation
• Rupari Seeks Expedited Timing Of Tony Roma Licensing Fight
• Sungevity Approved For $50M Ch. 11 Sale To Creditor JV
• EFH Might Have To Try Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Again
• BCBG Founder, Wife Fight Bid To End Contract Dispute
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 11
• Counsel To Counsel: 5 Challenges For A Law Firm GC
• MF Global Seeks $1.8M In Fees For Insurers' Bermuda Action
• Justices Won't Review Detroit Pensioners' Benefit Cuts
• High Court Skips Appeal Over Solar Co.'s $950M Antitrust Suit
• Asbestos Claimants Fight Pittsburgh Corning Ch. 11 Rethink
• Biotech Investors Fortify Jefferies Arbitration Battle
• Ex-Patton Boggs Partner Can't Advance Ch. 7 Malpractice Suit
• Hercules Can't Nix $104M In Drilling Rig Explosion Claims
• Optima Steel Asks For More Time To Negotiate Ch. 11 Plan
• Breitburn's Ch. 11 Stay Lifted For Royalty Interest Ruling
• Essar Landowner Wants Leases Yanked From Ch. 11 Sale
• American Airlines, Union Dodge Pilot Seniority Class Action
• ATopTech Creditor Fights Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer Fees
• K&L Gates Must Face Revived Fraud Suit, 2nd Circ. Says
• Netas Fights For $14M In Claims In Nortel Bankruptcy
• Avaya's $3M Executive Bonus Plan Gets Judge's Approval
• Experian, TD Bank Dodge Bankruptcy FCRA Suit For Now
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 10
• My Strangest Day In Court: When The Witness Attacked
• Bankruptcy Appeals And Finality: A New Per Se Rule
• Lawyers In Flow: Get Out Of Your Head And Into Your Case
• CMS Claim Dispute Trips Bostwick's $5.1M Ch. 11 DIP Loan
• SunEdison, Yieldcos Blasted For Discovery Bid In Ch. 11
• US Trustee Wants Eagan Avenatti Ch. 11 In California
• Judge Scolds Unilife DIP Lender For Unjustified Limits
• British Lingerie Chain's US Units Hit Ch. 11
• Halt Medical Gets DIP OK To Cover Payroll, Other Expenses
• Avaya Exec Says Bonus Plan Has Incentivized Performance
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 9
• Texas Regulators Reject $18B Energy Future Sale To NextEra
• Failed ACA Insurer Sues Feds Over Loan Clawback Efforts
• Don Pablo's Tex-Mex Chain Gets Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Plan OK
• Ex-DLA Piper Partner Returns To Greenberg Traurig
• Justice Deferred: What High Court Won't Review In Lakeridge
• Eastern Outfitters Gets OK To Liquidate 48 Store Locations
• Lehman Bankruptcy Estate, Home Loan Bank Settle For $70M
• Farmers Co-Op Loses Bid To Ax $1.7M MF Global Trades Suit
• Halt Medical Files For Ch. 11 Amid Lawsuit Against Lenders
• Weil To Represent China Fishery Despite Funding Concerns
• 2nd Circ. Again Affirms $13.4M Ruling Against BlueHippo Exec
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Troubled By Rupari Ch. 11
• NJ Agency Says Maxus Ch. 11 Plan Lacks Cleanup Costs
• Calif. Proton Resolves Objections To Ch. 11 Auction Plans
• United Road Towing Auction Results In $40M Winning Bid
• Injectable Drug System Maker Unilife Hits Ch. 11 In Del.
• A Law Firm Ranking Model By 'Fake News & Distorted Reports'
• Dewey Team Mulls Retrial Strategy Amid DA's New Approach
• Picower-Related Madoff Testimony Confidential, Judge Rules
• Sungevity Cancels Auction, Goes With Stalking Horse Bid
• Ciber Inc. Gets Interim Access To $41M Bankruptcy Loan
• Lehman, Home Loan Bank Wrangle Over Docs Midtrial
• Toshiba Says Westinghouse Bankruptcy Puts Co. At Risk
• Obstruction Cleared From Republic Airways Ch. 11 Flight Plan
• BBQ Distributor Rupari Hits Ch. 11, Wants To Hold Auction
• The Hunger Games, Puerto Rico Edition
• Feds Still Mum On Platinum Partners Leaks, Exec's Atty Says
• Essar's Minn. Iron Ore Mine, Mill Project Draws 2nd Bidder
• 9th Circ. Nixes $1.2M Award To Ex-Heller Ehrman Atty
• Answers.com Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK To Cut $471M In Debt
• Defunct Recycling Co. Hits La. Firm With Malpractice Suit
• CORRECTED: Enron Unit Figures Nigeria Award Should Rise To $21M
• 5th Circ. Tells Ex-CEO Fraudster To Pay Victim's Legal Tab
• Claims Of Madoff Cotenants Correctly Denied, Judge Rules
• RadioShack Cleared To Move Ahead With Ch. 11 Sale Plans
• Madoff Trustee Looks To Narrow Testimony At Merkin Trial
• IT Firm Ciber Opens Ch. 11 With $50M Stalking Horse Bid
• Optima Wins Approval For $1.75M Private Sale Of Building
• Atty Seeks Halt To 'Real Housewives' Star's Malpractice Suit
• MF Global Insurers Say Coverage Fight Belongs In Bermuda
• Apollo Cuts Hostess Stake With Public Offering
• Fewer 2nd Chances For Failed Retailers
• Ch. 15 Liquidators Say US Court Can't Nix Israeli Suit
• BofA Lost $11M In Dewey's Last Days, Jury Hears At Retrial
• Bankrupt Calif. Proton Says Sale Docs Will Disclose Dispute
• Sungevity Gets OK On $20M DIP Loan Over Trustee Objections
• Looming Judge Crisis Could 'Cripple' Del. Bankruptcy Court
• Transmar Lender Gets OK To Subpoena Over Lost Collateral
• Relativity Asks 2nd Circ. To Preserve Win Against Netflix
• TransCare Trustee Moves To Investigate Patriarch Partners
• Bonanza Creek Ch. 11 Confirmed After Equity Holder Deal
• Top 10 Litigation Risks For Retailers In 2017
• When Arbitration Clauses Collide With Bankruptcy Laws
• Crowdfunding For Legal Cases: 5 Trends Reshaping Justice
• Gambling Co. Wants Quick Win In Bribery Insurance Row
• Dewey Judge Reins In State's Financial Expert
• Maxus Retains Del. Ch. 11 Control In Blow To YPF Strategy
• $4.5M Case Against Hampshire Stays In NY Bankruptcy Court
• Budget Tools Offer Slim Hope To Undoing Dodd-Frank
• Newbury Sells Conn. Hotel Property For $19M Credit Bid
• MoFo, Others Slam Defunct Firm Clawback At Calif. High Court
• BCBG Moves To License Marks To Boost Revenues In Ch. 11
• ABA Needs A New Model Legal Ethics Rule
• What Does Lateral Partner Success Look Like?
• Bankrupt Eastern Outfitters Seeks OK For Liquidation Sales
• SunEdison Looks To Repay Ch. 11 Loan With $640M Substitute
• Chieftain Proposes Ch. 11 Employee Severance Packages
• House Passes Changes To Bank Bankruptcy Rules
• ATopTech Scrambling To Rework Disrupted Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• Essar Gets OK To Restart Minn. Iron Ore Mine Construction
• Are Lateral Recruitment Opportunities Shaping Your Strategy?
• Buchalter Adds 4 LeClairRyan Attys To New Sacramento Digs
• Texas Businessman Gets 4 Years For Defrauding Law Firms
• Offshore Decommissioning Liability And Bankruptcy
• Hospital Laundry Servicer Gets Nod To Tap $65M Ch. 11 Loan
• SunEdison Creditors Dig In Over Yieldco Deal Allocations
• Dewey Cooperator Grilled Over Shifting Statements To DA
• Millennium To Brief Court On Creditor 3rd-Party Releases
• Peabody Energy Exits Ch. 11, Begins Trading Stock Again
• Chilean Co. Creditors Seek Forced Bankruptcy In $7.4M Fraud
• Lateral Partner Hiring: Time To Look In The Mirror
• BCBG Seeks Early End To Founder's Ch. 11 Contract Fight
• Payless Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Close 400 Stores
• Implant Sciences Investors Denied Expanded Standing
• Corinthian Trustee Strikes Ch. 11 Settlement With Directors
• Seadrill Says Future Could Include Ch. 11
• Investors Push For FINRA Arbitration In Battle With Jefferies
• Boeing Can't Fight Sanctions In $1.2B Air Force Contract Row
• District Court Sabine Ruling: Bad News For Midstream Cos.
• Lehman Attacks Bank's Timing At Start Of $115M Swaps Trial
• Dewey Witness Calls Finance Head 'Power Hungry,' 'Abrasive'
• Bankrupt RadioShack Seeks To Pay Up To $3.4M In Bonuses
• 'Housewives' Star Blasts Atty's Bid To Stay Malpractice Row
• Bonanza Creek Investors Slam Ch. 11 Terms At Del. Hearing
• Sungevity Creditors Oppose 'Loan To Own' Package
• Atty Pushes For Immunity From Ex-Ski Resort Owner's Claims
• BlackRock, Others Back $2B Deal With Lehman Estate
• Eastman Can't Escape Suit Over W.Va. Chemical Spill
• Bostwick Approved For $6.3M Stalking Horse Bid From Poplar
• Escobar Doesn't Help FCA Claims Over Faulty Armor
• Landau Gottfried Cuts $450,000 Sanctions Deal In KSL Chp. 7
• Senate Panel Advances Gorsuch, Filibuster Showdown Likely
• A Big Haircut For Indenture Trustee Counsel Fees