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Coming and Going Concerns

02/16/16

Jared R. Clark has joined law firm law firm Phillips Nizer as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Clark worked on well-known bankruptcy cases including the city of Detroit, Lehman Brothers, General Motors and Enron. He has worked on insolvency matters both in and out of bankruptcy court. Mr.

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Revel Owner Glenn Straub, Casino Restaurants Pick Legal Bar Brawl

02/11/16
This March 28, 2012, photo shows gambling chips on a card table at the former Revel casino in Atlantic City, N.J.
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Glenn Straub is “at it

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Rich Dad Broke Dad?

02/05/16

A seminar promoter owed nearly $24 million for arranging speaking gigs for Robert Kiyosaki, the best-selling author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” is fighting for access to a secret lawsuit.

Lawyers for Learning Annex LLC, which has accused Mr. Kiyosaki of moving “tens of millions of dollars plus other lucrative assets” among his companies to avoid making royalty payments, are now arguing to unseal an August 2014 lawsuit that appears to cover similar ground.

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Caesars Tackles Gordon Ramsay Restaurants in Bankruptcy

02/03/16
Gordon Ramsay attends the FOX 2013 Summer TCA press tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, Aug.
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Martin Shkreli’s Failed Last Play for a Pharmaceutical Coup

02/01/16
Martin Shkreli, center, leaves the courthouse after his arraignment in New York on Dec.
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Put the ‘Community’ Back Into Community Hospital Bankruptcies

02/01/16

When a community hospital closes or is sold to a for-profit operator, there is a loss to the community. Despite protestations by for-profit operators, a community loses something of value by the conversion of a nonprofit hospital to a for-profit hospital. The mission statements are different. The question is how the loss gets valued and whether the community is compensated for the loss.

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Coming and Going Concerns

01/28/16

Eric Fisher and Lindsay Bush have has joined Binder & Schwartz as a partner and associate, respectively. Mr. Fisher and Ms.

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50 Cent Creditors File Repayment Proposal

01/15/16
In a Tuesday, July 21, 2015, file photo, rapper Curtis Jackson, also known as 50 Cent, leaves court.
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Familiar Faces in Coal Bankruptcies

01/14/16
A Wyoming mine owned by St.
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