News Topic: bankruptcy law

Much to our delight, Wednesday night’s “Jeopardy!” episode included a category seemingly custom made for Bankruptcy Beat readers. For those who missed it, “Cause of Debt” included five debt-laden questions that at times stumped the contestants ( ... Read full article

Dendreon  Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday after coming to terms with senior lenders on a restructuring that could mean a reorganization or a sale of its cancer drug operation. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story in The Wall ... Read full article

Next Monday at a law office in Wilmington, Del., vitamin maker Natrol Inc. will auction itself off. ICV Partners is offering approximately $90 million for Natrol, but other bidders can top that at the auction. The California company filed for Chapter 11 ... Read full article

Former Navy SEAL and author of the book “American Sniper”, Chris Kyle poses in Midlothian, Texas, in 2012, less than a yer before his death. Associated Press ... Read full article

Texas entrepreneur Sam Wyly arrives at federal court in New York in May for closing arguments his civil trial. Associated Press The team of ... Read full article

Trump Entertainment As cash quickly runs out to keep Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort open, a bankruptcy judge refused to sign off on the outlines of a bankruptcy-exit plan for owner Trump Enterta ... Read full article

Nortel Networks Corp. of Canada Tuesday attacked a $1 billion pact between its U.S. division and investment firms that bought debt after the former telecommunications powerhouse collapsed in bankruptcy in 2009. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here ... Read full article

Dish Network  Corp. Chairman Charlie Ergen would receive a controlling stake in troubled wireless company LightSquared under the company’s newest restructuring plan, announced in court on Monday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story in The Wall Street ... Read full article

Chelsea Heath, Girls Gone Wild’s 2010 Hottest Girl in America. Chris Lambeth The woman crowned Girls Gone Wild’s Hottest Girl in America in 2010 is final ... Read full article

International treaties take years to complete as it is, so imagine the complexities at play in a hypothetical international insolvency treaty. But at least people are starting to talk about it. ... Read full article

Texas entrepreneur Sam Wyly arrives at federal court in New York in May for closing arguments at his civil trial. Associated Press Samuel Wy ... Read full article

GT Advanced Technologies has, for the third time, asked a court to push back the deadline for Apple Inc. to state its case for keeping secret the causes of GT Advanced’s bankruptcy.   ... Read full article

Chelsea Heath, Girls Gone Wild’s 2010 Hottest Girl in America. Chris Lambeth Lawyers who are settling old legal disputes involving Girls Gone Wild have r ... Read full article

The Delaware Supreme Court Friday weighed in on a key issue in a battle over a $1.5 billion loan tied to the bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. , and the word that came down is not good for the company’s lenders. ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. will continue making its case next Wednesday in Wilmington, Del., to pay as much as $18 million in bonuses to upper management. A hearing on the matter began on Oct. 8 and spilled into Oct. 9, as the company faces a fight from ... Read full article

Apple Inc . supplier GT Advanced Technologies Inc. plans to exit the business of manufacturing sapphire after a failed effort to produce material for Apple’s smartphone screens. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story in the Wall Street Journal. ... Read full article

GT Advanced Technologies , the sapphire supplier that filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, wants to keep what went wrong between it and Apple Inc. behind closed doors. Why? ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. is “in the midst of a bidding war” and still talking to NextEra Energy Inc. , the Florida company that sparked a competition that shook up one of the biggest bankruptcies on record, company attorney Edward Sassower said ... Read full article