News Topic: People

Oil and gas producer Samson Resources LLC, which was taken over by KKR & Co. in a leveraged buyout in 2011, filed for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

Thomas Bennett, the judge who oversaw the $4.1 billion bankruptcy of Jefferson County, Ala., has retired from the court and taken a job at a law firm, the latest retirement in a noticeable judicial exodus. Mr. Bennett, 66 years old, joined Bailey Glasser ... Read full article

Mr Olympia Phil Heath poses in 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Getty Images The battle is over between the maker of Ultimate Nutrition prote ... Read full article

Sarah Frankel has launched the525group , a recruitment firm for professional services firms in the bankruptcy and restructuring industry. Ms. Frankel, a board adviser at the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, has also been ... Read full article

The former chief operating officer and chief credit officer of a California-based bank that went bust must spend more than eight years in prison, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. ... Read full article

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Rapper 50 Cent exited a New York courthouse last month after testifying in a sex tape lawsuit. Brendan McDermid/Reuters Though he’s not exactly known for ... Read full article

State Department This trinket won’t reveal the location of the Ark of ... Read full article

Altegrity Inc., which became known after National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was vetted by one of its units, won approval of its chapter 11 plan.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

50 Cent doesn’t want you sippin’ Bacardi like it’s your birthday anymore. Instead, the rapper would like you to drink Effen vodka in da club. And no, it’s not because he doesn’t give an Effen it’s not your birthday. It’s because as a spokesman for the ... Read full article

Curtis “50 Cent”Jackson speaks onstage during the “Power” panel at the Starz 2015 Winter TCA on Friday, Jan. ... Read full article

Bloomberg News Ryan Kavanaugh, the chief executive of Beverly Hills-based Relativity Media LLC, isn’t holding back in defending his company’s business model and, by ass ... Read full article

The union representing mineworkers at Patriot Coal Corp. is challenging the company’s effort to reject a contract. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Curtis Jackson III, known as 50 Cent, walks to the Giaimo Federal Building in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday to attend a meeting with creditors.  Michelle McLoughlin for The Wal ... Read full article

Rapper 50 Cent (R), whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, exited a New York couurthouse last month after testifying in a sex tape lawsuit. ... Read full article

Alpha Natural Resources Inc., one of the largest U.S. coal producers, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday to cut its more than $3 billion debt load, The Wall Street Journal reported . The Bristol, Va., company will likely sell some of its ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, it’s all Relativity, Teresa Giudice sued her bankruptcy lawyer, and David Cassidy gave a tour of the house he’s putting up for auction. ... Read full article

Several of Relativity Media LLC’s largest creditors have joined together in a stalking horse bid for the Hollywood studio that would see the exit of its founder and chief executive, said people familiar with the matter. Anchorage Capital Group LLC, Luxor ... Read full article