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The Daily Docket: Bakers Steps Into Bankruptcy

10/04/12

Bakers Footwear Group Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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‘Robotic’ Storage Facility for the Rich Files for Chapter 11

10/01/12

Retinal scanning. Heartbeat detection. Photoelectric beams. Access: granted.

Since opening three years ago, the RoboVault storage facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has made it like a scene from “Mission: Impossible” to retrieve items kept at its heavily guarded building, which company executives have declared “the first storage facility of its kind in the world.”

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The Daily Docket: LightSquared Proposes Sharing Network With Government

10/01/12

Philip Falcone‘s LightSquared on Friday made a proposal to the Federal Communications Commission that the company hopes will solve the regulatory issues surrounding its wireless satellite network and help it build its business faster without abandoning its long-term goals. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Legendary Edition

09/28/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Digital Domain creative leaders want a happy ending, and a Lynyrd Skynyrd-themed restaurant finds a sweet home in bankruptcy. Also this week, a Ponzi-scheme operator disputed a lawsuit involving musician John Mayer.

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Tuesday’s Gone, and So’s My Job

09/28/12
The restaurant is behind this wall.

There isn’t much left of Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ & Beer—just a white wall and a group of shocked employees.

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(Pronounced Chap-ter Eye-le-ven)

09/27/12

By Stephanie Gleason and Patrick Fitzgerald

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Digital Domain Edition

09/14/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, special-effects company Digital Domain has sunk into bankruptcy, and singer John Mayer is being targeted in a Ponzi-scheme lawsuit. Also, a record-label exec got $2 million from a lawsuit over “Whoomp! (There It Is).”

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Digital Domain Case Is a Chapter 11 Cliffhanger

09/12/12
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A holographic image of Tupac Shakur is seen performing during the third day of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15,
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The Daily Docket: Patriot Lawyer, Judge Battle Over Bankruptcy Venue

09/12/12

A New York judge on Tuesday grilled a lawyer representing Patriot Coal Corp.’s union workers over whether the company’s bankruptcy case should be moved to Charleston, W.V., home of most of Patriot’s coal mines. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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It’s Not All Fun and Games in Chapter 11

09/10/12

Fun may indeed come first at Fundex Games Ltd., but eventually someone had to take a look at the balance sheet.

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