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The Daily Docket: GT Advanced Halts Confidentiality Hearing

10/16/14
The new Apple Watch is pictured during an Apple event at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino, California, in this file picture taken Sept.
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The Daily Docket: Energy Future Bid Rules Draw Criticism

10/14/14

Energy Future Holdings Corp. creditors have taken issue with the company’s proposal to auction its stake in Oncor, with some demanding greater access to the process and others questioning whether the sale is necessary at all. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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NCBJ 2014: Chapter 9, Closely Held Businesses, e-Discovery, Claims Buying and Sale Free and Clear of Interests

10/10/14
NCBJ is in Chicago this year.   The weather is pleasantly cool compared to the continuing Austin heat and the first day of CLE had some interesting programs.   Here is a wrap of Day 1, which included Chapter 9, reorganization for closely held companies, e-discovery, an economist from the Chicago Fed, claims trading and treatment of "interests" in section 363 sales.     I will divide the day between separate posts on the educational seminars and the economist's prognostications.
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The Daily Docket: GT Advanced Bankruptcy Triggered by Payment Dispute

10/07/14
Apple Inc. won’t be using GT Advanced sapphire in its iPhones.
Reuters

Apple Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Trump Entertainment Loses Bid to End Union Pension Funding

10/06/14
Associated Press

Trump Entertainment Resorts lost a bid Friday to pull out immediately from the pension fund for 1,135 unionized employees at the Trump Taj Mahal, a decision that could mean only a brief reprie

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Still Owns Billions in Real Estate and Private Equity

10/03/14

The slow-but-sure liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s assets continued during the first half of 2014, as the failed investment bank still had more than $4 billion in private equity and real estate assets as of June 30. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article in Private Equity Beat.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Says Stockton Can Cut Pensions

10/02/14
A view of Stockton City Hall
Reuters

The federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy of Stockton, Calif., ruled that the city has the power to cut its pensio

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The Daily Docket: Detroit Judge Won’t Stop Water Shutoffs

09/29/14

A bankruptcy judge ruled Monday not to stop Detroit water shutoffs if people can’t pay their water bills, the Associated Press reports.

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