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Lee Ryan Feeling Blue in Bankruptcy

05/22/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, another member of English boy band Blue filed for bankruptcy, and a judge called for the arrest of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis.

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Restructuring Community Pays Tribute to Harvey Miller

05/21/15

In a lunch that became an impromptu memorial service to Harvey Miller, former Lehman Brothers Judge James Peck might have said it best:

“Harvey is to bankruptcy what Beyoncé is to pop music. He’s a single name that defines the field.”

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Standard General Cleared to Buy RadioShack Data

05/21/15
Associated Press

The hedge fund that saved more than 1,700 RadioShack Corp.

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Judge Calls for Arrest of Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis

05/19/15
In this Sept. 7, 2012, file photo, Joe Francis attends the House of Hype Music Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A judge has called for Mr.
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San Bernardino’s Bankruptcy Plan Seeks Bondholders Cuts

05/18/15

The bankrupt southern California city of San Bernardino is looking to exit court protection with a plan that pays some bondholders a penny on the dollar but maintains pension benefits for retired city workers. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Teresa Giudice ‘Taking Care of Her Body, Taking Care of Her Mind’ in Prison

05/15/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Teresa Giudice mulls her future, Kelly Rutherford petitions the White House, and Rhode Island clears a pair of lobbyists tied to Curt Schilling’s defunct videogame company.

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Coming and Going Concerns

05/14/15

Chris Dickerson and Matt Murphy have joined law firm Paul Hastings in the Chicago office. Mr.

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Patriot Coal Is Back in Bankruptcy

05/12/15

Patriot Coal Corp. is in “active negotiations” with an unnamed strategic buyer, hoping for a deal to aid it out of bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Cravath’s Levin to Join Jenner & Block

05/11/15

Richard Levin, who founded Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP’s restructuring practice eight years ago, is changing firms as he approaches the firm’s retirement age.

Mr. Levin, 64, plans to join Chicago’s Jenner & Block next week to help build the firm’s two-partner New York restructuring practice, focused on representing creditors, debtors and trustees in bankruptcies and debt restructurings. Cravath enforces a retirement age of 65.

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Lenny Dykstra Trades Barbs With Mitch Williams in Philly Sports Roast

05/08/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, two former Phillies traded barbs, a Super Bowl ticket seller didn’t have a super week, and the company that distributed “Ace Ventura” is on its way out of bankruptcy.

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