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The Daily Docket: Women’s Retailer Cache Enters Bankruptcy

02/04/15
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News

Women’s dress and formalwear retailer Cache Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Brothers Raises Cash Estimate for Creditors to $90.6 Billion

02/03/15

The team unwinding Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. boosted its estimate of how much cash it expects to bring in for creditors to $90.6 billion, buoyed primarily by a settlement with Lehman Brothers Bankhaus A.G., the German arm of Lehman’s investment-banking operation, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Training Ground for Winter Olympians Seeks Chapter 11

02/02/15
Care of National Sports Academy

An upstate New York boarding school that’s sent 23 athletes to the Winter Olympics recently sought bankruptcy protection as administrators work to revive the 38-year-old institu

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The Daily Docket: Judge Approves Fontainebleau Settlement

01/28/15

A judge approved a settlement between the trustee in charge of Jeffrey Soffer’s failed Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino project and the company’s former directors and officers that will put millions in creditors’ pockets. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Behind ‘American Sniper,’ Lots of Legal Sniping

01/26/15
In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Bradley Cooper appears in a scene from “American Sniper.”
Warner Bros.
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The Daily Docket: SkyMall Files for Bankruptcy

01/23/15

The company behind the in-flight catalog SkyMall filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday, a victim of evolving rules and technology that now lets airline passengers keep their smartphones and tablets powered up during flight. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article in The Wall Street Journal.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Says Creditors Can Vote on LightSquared Plan

01/21/15
Dish Network Corp Chairman Charles Ergen exits bankruptcy court in New York March 26, 2014.
Reuters

A judge on Tuesday said creditors can vote on LightSq

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The Daily Docket: Caesars Restructuring Hits a Snag

01/20/15

Caesars Entertainment Corp . may have violated federal law when it shuffled its casino assets, said a federal judge in a ruling that could complicate the casino company’s efforts to unload $18.4 billion in debts in a bankruptcy restructuring of its largest unit, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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