New Cases

The owner of popular Capitol Hill eating spots like Hawk ‘n’ Dove, Senart’s Oyster House and The Chesapeake Room heads to court today for its first bankruptcy appearance.

The restaurant operator has a 2 p.m. hearing in front of Bankruptcy Judge S. Martin Teel Jr., where it will ask for permission to continue paying its roughly 200 workers while the company figures out a survival plan.

Select Staffing, which provides temporary staffing services in a variety of industries, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday after reaching a restructuring deal with its lenders. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

The owner of the Spencer’s retail chain may be facing some competition in its bid for consumer electronics retailer Brookstone, as Blucora Inc. plans an offer, the Wall Street Journal reports

The owner of a handful of popular Washington D.C. bars and restaurants—including legendary Capitol Hill watering hole Hawk ‘n’ Dove—filed for bankruptcy protection Friday.

Baltimore-based Barrack’s Row Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Washington D.C., putting eating spots like Hawk ‘n’ Dove, Senart’s Oyster House and The Chesapeake Room into protection with it.

In liquidation, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is overdelivering, The Wall Street Journal reports.