Law Firms

Solyndra’s Legal Team Pours It On as Political Spotlight Burns

10/18/12
Associated Press

As if bankruptcy itself were not tough enough, Solyndra had the ill fortune to sink with $527 million of taxpayer loans and a private equity owner with links to President

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The Daily Docket: Midland Says It Didn’t ‘Bully’ Resorts Into Sale

10/15/12

The fight to bring four marquee U.S. hotels out of bankruptcy is turning increasingly nasty, with a hedge fund accusing the company that oversees their mortgage debt of “bullying” management into accepting a $1.5 billion offer from Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Judge Approves Dewey Partner Settlement, Slaps Down Objectors

10/10/12
Bloomberg

Bankruptcy proceedings are speeding right along for failed law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (notwithstanding an 

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The Daily Docket: American Eagle Pilots Accept Labor Deal

10/10/12

A majority of American Eagle pilots have voted in favor of a new labor agreement between their union and AMR Corp., the regional airline’s parent. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Dewey Puts Artwork Up for Auction

10/09/12
Reuters

Dewey & LeBoeuf is putting its art collection on the auction block.

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The Daily Docket: Giddens Settles Lehman Dispute

10/05/12
Reuters

The trustee winding down Lehman Brothers’ brokerage has settled a $6 billion dispute with the failed investment bank’s former Swiss derivatives unit, one of the last holdouts among Lehman’s foreign affil

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Dewey Docket: Art Imitates Life in ‘The Good Wife’

10/01/12

Talk about ripped from the headlines.

This year’s very public implosion of New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP  was the biggest law firm failure in U.S. history—and it seems the creators of CBS drama “The Good Wife” were taking notes.

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Dewey Ex-Partners Throw the Bankruptcy Bonus Book at Canellas

09/28/12
Reuters

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP could be on track to make legal history if ex-partners get their way in a fight over a proposed $165,000 bonus for finance chief Frank Canellas.

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The Daily Docket: House Panel Looks at FCC’s LightSquared Approval

09/24/12

A U.S. House panel on Friday looked into whether the Federal Communications Commission followed its own rules when it gave Phil Falcone’s LightSquared approval for a wireless network in early 2011, a decision that has since been put on hold over global-positioning systems concerns Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Catholic Restructuring Professionals Form Charity

09/20/12

Critics who see the restructuring world as unholy are left without an attack on the industry’s latest effort to raise money for the poor.

A handful of Roman Catholic professionals in the corporate restructuring industry have rallied their colleagues for a new charity called Catholic Renewal.

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