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  1. June 23, 2016

    Verso Paper Turns New Leaf With $2.4B Restructuring OK

    A Delaware federal judge approved a restructuring plan for Verso Corp. on Thursday that converts $2.4 billion of the specialty paper maker's liabilities into equity in the reorganized company.

  2. June 09, 2016

    Maine Objects To Papermaker Verso's $2.5B Ch. 11 Plan

    Maine officials on Thursday objected to Verso Corp's $2.5 billion Chapter 11 plan, saying in a Delaware bankruptcy court filing that the papermaking company needs to assure that its restructuring leaves state environmental protection authority and company obligations to regulators intact.

  3. May 27, 2016

    Wis. AG Takes Issue With Verso's $2.5B Ch. 11 Plan

    Wisconsin’s attorney general took issue with Verso Corp.’s Chapter 11 plan Friday, arguing that broad injunction clauses in the strategy interfere with the state’s right to enforce its environmental policies and that it improperly sets the Delaware bankruptcy court as the venue to resolve such disputes.

  4. May 24, 2016

    Bankrupt Verso Resolves $11M Tax Fight With Maine Town

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge gave Verso Corp. the thumbs-up Tuesday for a settlement resolving an $11 million tax fight with a small town in Maine with a deal that allows the paper maker to avoid a potentially sticky jurisdictional fight over what court should decide its tax liability.

  5. May 09, 2016

    Verso Gets Nod To Solicit Creditors On Ch. 11 Plan

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge gave Verso Corp. the green light Monday to solicit creditors on its Chapter 11 plan to swap out roughly $2.5 billion in debt for equity, but a fight over valuation connected to the paper maker may be looming when the strategy is up for confirmation.

  6. April 13, 2016

    Town Says $11M Tax Fight In Verso Ch. 11 Belongs In Maine

    A small town in Maine pushed the Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday to move an $11 million tax fight with paper maker Verso Corp. to proceedings Down East, arguing that the debtor is not correctly interpreting the rules for keeping the dispute in the First State.

  7. March 16, 2016

    Bankrupt Verso Taps Morgan Lewis As Special M&A Counsel

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP to serve as paper giant Verso's special merger and acquisitions counsel, a role in which the firm will handle any potential sale of paper mills and similar deals.

  8. March 01, 2016

    Verso Paper Reaches Deal On $775M Chapter 11 Loan Plan

    Verso Corp. found tentative agreement late Tuesday on terms for its $775 million bankruptcy financing plan after working through a final round of disputes in a Delaware courtroom over lender rights to lock down the firm's remaining assets.

  9. February 25, 2016

    Verso Hindered In Quest For $775M DIP Funding Approval

    Disputes over bankruptcy plan challenge rights and other issues tripped up Verso Corp.'s bid for approval of a $775 million Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession financing deal Thursday, forcing the big paper company and its creditors toward an unplanned argument hearing in Delaware bankruptcy court on Tuesday.

  10. February 23, 2016

    Verso Creditors Say $775M DIP Plan Leaves Them Hanging

    Unsecured creditors in paper maker Verso's Chapter 11 proceedings filed objections Monday in Delaware to portions of the company's proposed $775 million debtor-in-possession financing, saying a restructuring support agreement doesn't account for the creditors' claims.