Bankruptcy Blogs

The Broke and the Beautiful: World Series Edition

10/28/11

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the Texas Rangers come closer to winning their first World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers and owner Frank McCourt are fraught with drama, and a $10 million home on South Florida’s Star Island that was once owned by rapper Vanilla Ice is hitting the auction block.

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Doc Holliday’s Dentist Chair Up for Sale in Bankrupt Harrisburg

10/28/11

"Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital, plans to auction off more than 8,000 relics ranging from 1900s- era rifles to wooden wagons that were meant to be part of a Wild West museum in the bankrupt city in the Northeast. Representatives of 10...

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LACBA Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section

10/28/11

The Mortgage Morass: MERS, Securitization, Servicers and Robots Thursday, November 3, 2011 Los Angeles County Bar Association 1055 West 7th Street, 27th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 1.0 hr CLE Analysis and Practice Tips on Recent Foreclosure Cases: - Who...

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The Daily Docket: Innkeepers Exits Bankruptcy

10/28/11

Innkeepers USA Trust on Thursday said it has closed its $1.02 billion sale of 64 hotels to Cerberus Capital Management LP, the last step in the hotelier’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Bank Shareholders, Beware of Stock Repurchases

10/27/11

Repurchases can be used to disguise poor growth through manufactured earnings per share expansion.

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