New Cases

Sandrine’s has filed for bankruptcy with a buyer in mind to revive the French restaurant in Cambridge, Mass.’s Harvard Square.

In court papers, the restaurant, which has lost customers and expects to fall $200,000 short this year, declared that it has “slowly lost its reputation for innovation and leadership in the French cuisine.”

American Laser Skincare filed for bankruptcy liquidation Thursday, weeks after closing the doors of its clinics in a move that touched off an eruption of customer complaints online.

An organization that coached public-relations professionals on how to master crisis communications may need to take some of its own advice after its recent bankruptcy filing.

Bulldog Reporter, an Oakland, Calif.-based company that provided training and services for public relations professionals, recently filed for bankruptcy protection in California with liabilities of less than $1 million and assets of $178,220.

Earlier this year Maryland’s Community Law Center had its first victory under an updated law meant to stop bad behavior by the owners of blighted properties that refuse to clean them up. But late Tuesday night the progress in that effort hit a road block—the bankruptcy code.