Law Firms

The Broke and the Beautiful: McDreamy Edition

01/25/13

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, actor Patrick Dempsey, aka TV’s “McDreamy,” gives us the scoop on his purchase of the Tully’s coffee chain out of bankruptcy. Also this week, boxing promoter Don King is settling a score—on litigation related to Ponzi-scheme operator Scott Rothstein.

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Ex-Dreier Partners Face Unfinished Business Lawsuit

01/25/13

Dreier LLP is demanding its share of the millions of dollars in fees earned from litigation that its former patent lawyers continued working on after the firm’s collapse.

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The Daily Docket: Nortel Mediation Efforts Fail

01/25/13
Associated Press

Efforts to mediate an agreement over how to divide $7.3 billion raised in the bankruptcy of Nortel Networks Co

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New Settlement Bodes Well for Howrey Creditors

01/23/13

A newly reached $159 million antitrust settlement is good news for creditors of defunct law firm Howrey LLP, whose former role in the case could entitle it to a share of the attorneys’ fees.

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Author: Rothstein’s Success ‘Just Didn’t Seem Right’

01/17/13

It was seemingly overnight that a larger-than-life personality made a splash on the South Florida social scene, showing off his luxury cars, tailored suits and trophy wife as well as dropping big bucks on multiple charities and sports sponsorships.

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The Daily Docket: Tribune to Drop Suits Against Many Executives

01/17/13

Just out of bankruptcy, Tribune Co. intends to drop the bulk of some 170 lawsuits that targeted senior media executives who cashed in on the going-private deal that ruined the company’s finances. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Delta, Creditors to Back Pinnacle Plan

01/04/13

Pinnacle Airlines Inc. has struck several crucial deals to enable its eventual exit from Chapter 11 protection, including securing new financing from sole customer Delta Air Lines Inc. and overhauling its fleet of regional jets. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Stroock, Kirkland Bunk Up Post-Storm

11/06/12
Rachel Feintzeig
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s downtown Manhattan office sustained damage from superstorm Sandy that could take weeks to repair.

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Bankruptcy Boutique Opens New York Office

10/23/12

Enterprising folks were long told to go west. Now, some are looking east.

Bankruptcy boutique Stutman, Treister & Glatt, long based in Los Angeles, on Monday opened its first New York office since its 1948 founding.

Veteran restructuring attorneys Michael H. Goldstein and William P. Weintraub will lead the new office, where they’ll be joined by four other attorneys.

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