News Topic: bankruptcy law

Associated Press/dapd A judge denied Apple Inc.’s bid to move a patent dispute with Eastman Kodak Co. out of bankruptcy court. ... Read full article

A bankruptcy judge Monday officially signed off on Tribune Co .’s Chapter 11 plan, endorsing final documents setting out the debt-for-equity swap that will make the media company property of hedge funds and banks. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article ... Read full article

AFP/Getty Images A US Airways tail rest on the tarmac near an American Airlines plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on April 23, 2012. A ... Read full article

Getty Images Chapter 11 is getting more expensive, but top-dollar attorney fees aren’t the reason…this time. ... Read full article

Patriot Coal Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, becoming the largest casualty of the worst U.S. market for the power-plant fuel in decades. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Mammoth Lakes, Calif., on Tuesday filed for Chapter 9, or municipal bankruptcy, less than a week after nearby Stockton, Calif., sought the same protection. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Associated Press/Howard County Police Department A medical marijuana grower’s i ... Read full article

A federal judge dismissed Bank of America Corp.’s lawsuit against units of Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA, a win for the two foreign banks in their $1.75 billion dispute over losses suffered when a subsidiary of disgraced mortgage lender Taylor Bean ... Read full article

Getty Images A judge on Tuesday ruled largely for Barclays PLC in the bank’s ongoing dispute with the trustee unwinding Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s brokerage stemming from Barclays’ 2008 purchase of the brokerage, a decision th ... Read full article

Creditors of Pemco World Air Services Inc. are demanding that the company’s majority owner, private equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc., pay back two years’ worth of management fees. Read the DBR Small Cap article here . ... Read full article

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed Tuesday the right of lenders to use their debt as currency in bankruptcy auctions in a unanimous decision sure to reverberate through the corporate restructuring community. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Reuters Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has filed for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal report ... Read full article

Before bankruptcy, sometimes you need to borrow money from Mom.  You might want to borrow that money and put her on your car title. ... Read full article

Catalyst Paper Corp. will sell its assets to the highest bidder after the paper and pulp producer failed to bring enough of its creditors on board with its restructuring plan. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

There are two typical types of financial setbacks that lead to bankruptcy for most people: a huge surprise, and a slow and steady increase in debt.  If you are on the surprise side of things, as many of us are from time to time, it is important to follow ... Read full article

Distressed investors last month bought up the smallest amount of debt from ongoing bankruptcies in more than a year, new data show. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft Inc. sought bankruptcy protection Thursday, after striking a deal with creditors to swap some $2 billion in debt for control of the reorganized company. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street ... Read full article

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