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The Daily Docket: Graceway Enters Bankruptcy
Law professor Stephen Lubben discusses Rakoff's decision via Credit Slips, suggesting that Congress needs to revisit the safe harbors that exempt many financial dealings from the Bankruptcy Code. The Philadlephia bankruptcy court Wednesday approved a
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:55A
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Updated: 09/29/2011 09:54A
Dentist bankruptcy fears in $20m rorts probe
Minutes from an extraordinary meeting of an Australian Dental Association branch, obtained by The Age, warn the investigation could force dentists into bankruptcy. The Age believes the huge investigation has already uncovered instances where dentists
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:50A
Tavern on the Green's name sold for $1.3 million
(Reuters) - New York's famed Tavern on the Green restaurant, which closed after going bankrupt in 2009, will be reborn as a global chain with a charitable twist after a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of the restaurant's name to Tavern International
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:42A
Bank of America, Merrill Lynch pledge support for Lehman exit plan
As part of the settlement, the banks have pledged support for Lehman's $65 billion bankruptcy exit plan, according to court papers filed late on Wednesday in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. Bank of America will reduce its derivatives claims against
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:41A
The Solyndra - Walmart Connection
A lot has been said about the ties of George Kaiser, a campaign contribution bundler for President Obama's 2008 campaign, to the Solyndra bankruptcy scandal that likely has cost taxpayers $535 million thanks to a Department of Energy loan guarantee.
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:40A
You've Been Had: The Stock of Old Blockbuster (BLOAQ) (BLOBQ) Is Dead and
As previously disclosed, on September 23, 2010, Blockbuster Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief (the “Bankruptcy Filing”) under chapter 11 of title 11 of the
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:38A
Caldwell woman indicted for bank, bankruptcy, mail and wire fraud
13 for bank, mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud along with false declarations and falsification of records in a bankruptcy. Prosecutors allege that between March and October 2010 Pennington devised a scheme to defraud various financial institutions and a
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:37A
Madoff, Lehman, Dodgers, Seahawk, Palm Harbor: Bankruptcy
Debt included a $10.5 million secured loan paid off by financing for the Chapter 11 case. Point Blank said it also owes $28.2 million to trade suppliers. The case is In re Point Blank Solutions Inc., 10-11255, US Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:36A
Lehman Says Creditors With $140 Billion in Claims Support Liquidation Plan
More than 50 creditors have put that support in writing ahead of a November vote and December hearing to confirm the $65 billion liquidation plan, Lehman said in a filing in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan yesterday. Lehman, which filed the biggest
Updated: 09/29/2011 09:32A