Lawsuits

Berkshire Seeks Court Examiner to Probe ResCap Deals - Bloomberg

06/05/12

Berkshire would have paid almost nothing up front for the assets, while taking on potential liabilities such as mounting litigation costs and other claims, the people said. Buffett sought to avoid a ResCap bankruptcy filing because Berkshire had ...

[more]

MF Global Bankruptcy Trustee Freeh Sees Claims of $3 Billion - San Francisco Gate

06/05/12

Claims Pursuit Giddens said he will pursue claims through litigation and negotiation ... bank's final weeks may be complicated by the "safe harbor" provision of the bankruptcy code, which protects parties who claim they had no knowledge of ...

[more]

Treasure hunter’s bankruptcy filing a surprise to investors - Columbus Dispatch

06/05/12

Afternoon Update, sent weekday afternoons, keeps you up to date with breaking news and updates from later in the day. The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper. And it's available to ...

[more]

Trustee Report Details Possible Claims Against Corzine and Others - New York Times

06/04/12

The report sheds new light on the largest Wall Street bankruptcy since the financial crisis. The trustee, James W. Giddens, said he would decide whether to pursue litigation to recover money for customers, who are missing about $1.6 billion ...

[more]

Brant M. Felter Joins Bankruptcy Team at Danna McKitrick - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog)

06/04/12

and other general commercial litigation. Feltner brings considerable experience in the area of creditors’ right, bankruptcy and commercial law to the expanding practice of the firm. He also has previous experience as a financial and budget ...

[more]

Cullen and Dykman LLP Opens Albany Office; Names Brian T. FitzGerald, Partner-In-Charge - StreetInsider.com

06/04/12

A full-service law firm, Cullen and Dykman LLP is focusing its growth in the Albany region in the areas of energy law and utility regulation, banking, education, construction law, bankruptcy and litigation. “Establishing an office in the state capital is ...

[more]

Cullen and Dykman LLP Opens Albany Office; Names Brian T. FitzGerald, Partner-In-Charge - Yahoo Finance

06/04/12

A full-service law firm, Cullen and Dykman LLP is focusing its growth in the Albany region in the areas of energy law and utility regulation, banking, education, construction law, bankruptcy and litigation. “Establishing an office in the state ...

[more]

Trustee Report Details Possible Claims Against Corzine and Others - New York Times

06/04/12

Foreshadowing potential litigation to recover money for customers ... is the most comprehensive telling to date of the MF Global bankruptcy. The findings focus on the tenure of Jon S. Corzine, a former Democratic governor of New Jersey who ...

[more]

Vitro Confronts Bondholders in Bid to Enforce Bankruptcy Plan - Businessweek

06/04/12

At least in Mexico. Vitro is scheduled to ask a U.S. bankruptcy judge today to enforce its plan and stop litigation by debt holders who have been fighting to collect on $1.2 billion in defaulted bonds. The bondholders have called the ...

[more]

The Broke and the Beautiful: Heavy Hitters Edition

06/01/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, a judge approved a settlement between the owners of the New York Mets and the trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff’s fraud victims, and ex-Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is facing a grand-jury investigation. Also, former football great Jamal Lewis has hiked himself to bankruptcy court.

[more]