bankruptcy law

The Daily Docket: NRG to Buy Edison Mission

10/21/13

Electricity producer NRG Energy Inc. is set to buy Edison Mission for $2.6 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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The Daily Docket: Detroit Leaders Working to Secure Loan

08/30/13

Detroit lawyer Corinne Ball said that city leaders are “working mightily” to secure a loan. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Overseas Shipholding May Owe IRS $460M

08/27/13

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. Monday said it may owe $460 million or more to the Internal Revenue Service, a finding that is likely to upset its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Appellate Panel Sides With Patriot in Benefits Fight

08/22/13
Associated Press
UMWA International President Cecil Roberts (left) holds had with supporters.
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The Daily Docket: Kodak Exit Plan Approved

08/21/13
Jim Rydbom/Associated Press
Kodak Colorado Division Building C-29

Eastman Kodak Co. was cleared Tuesday to emerge from bankruptcy court, putting a bookend on an American ric

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Bankruptcy Judges Share Insight on Chapter 9 Eligibility

08/12/13
EPA

This October, Judge Steven Rhodes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit will preside over a trial on whether the city of Detroit was eligible to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection last month.

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The Daily Docket: MM&A Enters Bankruptcy

08/08/13

The railway company that operated the train that derailed and exploded last month, killing 47 people and destroying part of a small town in Quebec, sought bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday with the intention to sell the business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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The Daily Docket: Harbinger Sues Ergen for Fraud

08/07/13

Phil Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Partners LLC sued Dish Network Corp.Chairman Charlie Ergen for fraud, accusing him of secretly acquiring the debt of LightSquared Inc. in order to take control of the telecommunications firm and its wireless spectrum worth billions of dollars. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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