Lawsuits

Patriot Coal Receives Court Approval Of $802 Million Of DIP Financing...  - CNBC

07/10/12

increased legal costs related to Patriot's bankruptcy filing and other litigation, and (xi) the ability of Patriot and its subsidiaries to maintain contracts that are critical to their operation, including to obtain and maintain normal terms with their ...

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Jefferson County Creditor Demands Debt Plan by Sept. 28 - Bloomberg

07/10/12

The county hasn’t negotiated with creditors since filing the biggest municipal bankruptcy in the U.S. last year, Assured said in papers filed today in federal court in Birmingham, Alabama. “Based on the scorched earth litigation strategy of ...

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Jefferson County Creditor Demands Debt Plan by Sept. 28 - Bloomberg

07/10/12

The county hasn’t negotiated with creditors since filing the biggest municipal bankruptcy in the U.S. last year, Assured said in papers filed today in federal court in Birmingham, Alabama. “Based on the scorched earth litigation strategy of ...

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Environmental appeal involving RG Steel to proceed - FederalNewsRadio.com

07/10/12

Bankruptcy filings routinely bring a halt to all litigation involving the debtor, but environmentalists asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey to lift the automatic stay in RG Steel's case so they could proceed with an appeal filed just a few weeks before ...

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ResCap Continues Settlements Over Mortgage Issues - NASDAQ

07/10/12

Later at Tuesday's hearing, the company struck deals with several adversaries over mortgage securities litigation against ResCap affiliates not in bankruptcy and some of its former executives. ResCap asked that the six cases, which involve a ...

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ResCap Continues Settlements Over Mortgage Issues - 4-traders (press release)

07/10/12

"This is meaningful progress," Princi said. Later at Tuesday's hearing, the company struck deals with several adversaries over mortgage securities litigation against ResCap affiliates not in bankruptcy and some of its former executives. ResCap asked that ...

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Environmental appeal involving RG Steel to proceed - msnbc.com

07/10/12

Bankruptcy filings routinely bring a halt to all litigation involving the debtor, but environmentalists sought permission to pursue an appeal filed just a few weeks before the bankruptcy filing. The appeal challenges the approval by a federal judge in ...

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Stan Lee Triumphs Over Stan Lee Media in California Court - Hollywood Reporter

07/10/12

Meanwhile, many of SLMI's shareholders were irate that Lee had left the company that bares his name and somehow managed to extradite IP assets out of the bankruptcy process. Much litigation followed, including a 2007 lawsuit in California. In California ...

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McCalla Raymer Announces New Director of Client Relations - DSNews.com

07/10/12

Mattingly has extensive experience in the mortgage industry, working on origination and default-related issues including operations and project management for underwriting, foreclosure, bankruptcy, loss mitigation, mediation, title litigation ...

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America’s Most Familiar Law Firm Brand Merges With America’s Largest Bankruptcy Firm - YAHOO!

07/10/12

mass torts (pharmaceutical litigation), criminal defense, Social Security and other core consumer practice areas. Macey Bankruptcy Law, based in Chicago, IL, has been representing consumer debtors in bankruptcy since 1994. It has been North ...

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