News Topic: Forward Motions

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images General Motors Co. ’s first trial over faulty i ... Read full article

A federal judge will hear protests on Wednesday from bondholders who say the city of San Bernardino, Calif., shouldn’t leave bankruptcy protection without making a higher repayment offer on roughly $51 million worth of bonds. ... Read full article

Next week will be busy for the bankruptcy courts as bankrupt companies vie for sign-offs before the Christmas holiday break. Energy Future Holdings Corp. on Wednesday will request permission from a Wilmington, Del., bankruptcy judge to pay up to $158 ... Read full article

F-Squared Investments Inc., an investment firm that failed earlier this year following a dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is hoping to move closer to wrapping up its bankruptcy case. On Monday, F-Squared will ask Judge Laurie ... Read full article

As Thanksgiving approaches, the bankruptcy court will be closed on Thursday and Friday of next week. But a few bankruptcy debtors will be squeezing in hearings next week before the break. On Tuesday, Walter Energy Inc. will ask the U.S. Bankruptcy Court ... Read full article

Another $1.2 billion could soon be divided among Bernard Madoff’s cheated investors if a bankruptcy judge approves that payout at a court hearing scheduled for Wednesday. The money won’t flow until Judge Stuart Bernstein of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in ... Read full article

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee will appear in a federal courtroom Monday to ask a judge to formally wind down its bankruptcy, which has dragged out over nearly five years and provoked bitter legal battles that went as high as the U.S. Supreme ... Read full article

Hearings on Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s plan to rework some $42 billion in debt begin next week in a Wilmington, Del., courtroom. On Tuesday, lawyers for Energy Future will go before Judge Christopher Sontchi to prove that the company’s plan is both ... Read full article

The fate of the once-ubiquitous Columbia House, the mail-order music firm that advertised cassette tapes for a penny, could crystallize next week in bankruptcy court. Lawyers for the brand’s owner are preparing to hold an auction on Wednesday if they take ... Read full article

Bloomberg News Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., the bankrupt unit o ... Read full article

Don Ryan/Associated Press Supermarket operator Haggen Holdings LLC heads to court twice next week. ... Read full article

Patriot Coal Corp. hopes to secure a judge’s permission next week for the latest iteration of its chapter 11 exit plan as well as transactions that would hand the company’s West Virginia mines to new owners. ... Read full article

Ryan Kavanaugh, chief executive of Relativity Studios, in January. His company Relativity Media is scheduled for an auction next week. Paul A. ... Read full article

Blink and you missed it, but Hercules Offshore Inc. is set to ask for court approval of its bankruptcy-exit plan next week, concluding its month-long case. On Thursday, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., will consider the rig operator’s ... Read full article

JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES Wednesday in Wilmington, Del., the corporate shell of what was once RadioShack will ask a judge to approve its plan to pay back creditors. ... Read full article

Next week in bankruptcy, Patriot Coal Corp. will kick off a series of hearings on Monday, including a request to sell off its remaining mines and a trial over its bid to reject the labor agreements governing its union members. Patriot has asked Judge ... Read full article

Rapper 50 Cent exited a New York courthouse last month after testifying in a sex tape lawsuit. Brendan McDermid/Reuters Though he’s not exactly known for ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. on Tuesday will ask the bankruptcy court to grant initial approval of its restructuring deal , allowing it to begin to poll creditors and move a step closer to exiting chapter 11. ... Read full article