Law Firms

The Daily Docket: Houghton Mifflin Can Leave Bankruptcy

06/22/12
Associated Press
The Curious George balloon makes its way along JFK Boulevard in Philadelphia during the Thanksgiving parade in November 2011.
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The Daily Docket: Berkshire, Nationstar Named Lead Bidders for ResCap

06/20/12
Reuters
Warren Buffett holds a Dairy Queen ice cream bar and answers reporters’ questions before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in April 2011. 

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The Daily Docket: Judge Approves ResCap Examiner

06/19/12
Bloomberg
Warren Buffett

A judge on Monday granted the wish of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Rules for Vitro Bondholders

06/14/12

A U.S. federal judge refused Wednesday to enforce Mexican glassmaker Vitro SAB’s controversial debt restructuring in a closely watched bankruptcy case that threatened to sever the cross-border business cooperation between the two nations’ legal systems. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Barclays Favored in Lehman Trustee Dispute

06/06/12
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A judge on Tuesday ruled largely for Barclays PLC in the bank’s ongoing dispute with the trustee unwinding Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s brokerage stemming from Barclays’ 2008 purchase of the brokerage, a decision th

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The Daily Docket: Justice Department Presses Attorneys to Justify Fees

06/04/12
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The Justice Department has grown increasingly restless with attorney fees—often exceeding $1,000 an hour—paid by companies going through a bankruptcy reorganization.

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The Daily Docket: Pemco Creditors Demand Payment

06/01/12

Creditors of Pemco World Air Services Inc. are demanding that the company’s majority owner, private equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc., pay back two years’ worth of management fees. Read the DBR Small Cap article here.

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