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Equipment Lessors Seek Protection in Dewey Bankruptcy - Law.com

06/07/12

Dewey sold off or reassigned property to other law firms in the weeks leading up to its bankruptcy. The proceeds from those sales include: $680,079 from Dechert for an office lease and equipment in Dubai and Tblisi, Georgia; $6 million from ...

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Tribune pushing to exit bankruptcy into changed newspaper market - Ct Post

06/07/12

After more than three years, the company, former owner of The Advocate and Greenwich Time, is in the final months of its bankruptcy case in Wilmington, Delaware. When it leaves court protection it will have new owners, including Tribune's senior lenders ...

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Schilling’s 38 Studios files for bankruptcy - Washington Times

06/07/12

Its sister operation in Baltimore also filed for bankruptcy. The Rhode Island company owes $150.7 million and listed its assets at $21.7 million, according to court filings. 38 Studios Baltimore owes more than $121.4 million and has assets of ...

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Vitro Judge Set to Rule on Bankruptcy Plan Next Week - Bloomberg

06/07/12

Vitro, which has won approval for the bankruptcy plan in Mexico, is seeking an order from Hale enforcing the restructuring and stopping litigation by bondholders who have been fighting the plan in the U.S. and Mexico in an effort to collect on $ ...

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Big-league pitcher's video game company files for bankruptcy - CNN

06/07/12

(CNN)-- A Rhode Island-based video game company founded by former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, according to court documents. The company, 38 Studios, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S ...

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R.I. gov: 38 Studios bankruptcy ‘best of bad situation’ - Boston Herald

06/07/12

Rhode Island lured 38 Studios from Massachusetts last year with a $75 million loan guarantee. Today’s bankruptcy filing notes that 38 Studios owes the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. $115.9 million, including interest and other fees.

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Ex-Raven Jamal Lewis in bankruptcy court Tuesday - 13 WMAZ

06/07/12

The trustee in the case says Lewis has not filed financial disclosure statements and is seeking at Tuesday's hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to convert the case to a Chapter 7 filing, where the trustee can sell off assets. Lewis, who lists an Atlanta ...

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DEALTALK-Time may be ripe for US Air-AMR merger - Reuters India

06/07/12

With US Airways proposing a merger for the American Airlines parent, and labor groups putting the screws on AMR to pursue the deal, AMR recently agreed - albeit begrudgingly - to explore consolidation options while it is still in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Bankruptcy judge begins hearing on Tribune Co.’s revised plan to exit Chapter 11 - Washington Post

06/07/12

WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware is reviewing Tribune Co.’s latest proposal to emerge from Chapter 11 protection. An attorney for Tribune told the judge at a hearing Thursday that the latest plan addresses most of the concerns ...

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Tribune seen nearing bankruptcy conclusion - Calgary Sun

06/07/12

The owner of 23 television stations and publisher of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times asked a Delaware bankruptcy court to approve a reorganization plan to pay off creditors. The company failed a year ago in an attempt to end its Chapter 11 case ...

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