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Judge Orders Receiver for Treasure Hunter’s Companies

06/20/13
Associated Press
Gold bars and coins from the SS Central America, a mail steamship, sunk in a hurricane in 1857.

An Ohio judge has ordered a receiver to ta

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The Daily Docket: Kodak Reaches Financing Deal With Banks

06/20/13

Eastman Kodak Co. reached a deal with three major banks to be provided with $895 million in debt financing following its planned emergence from bankruptcy. Click here for the Daily Bankruptcy Review article.

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Backstreet Boys’ Bankruptcy Claims ‘Incomplete’

06/19/13
Richard Shotwell/Associated Press
From left, Nick Carter, A.J.
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The Broke and the Beautiful: Music Edition

06/14/13

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Lou Pearlman’s bankruptcy trustee has filed a plan to repay investors, and Dionne Warwick is taking on the IRS. Also, the fight between Sly Stone and his ex-manager continues in bankruptcy court.

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The Daily Docket: Court Gives Bankruptcy Trustees a Win

06/14/13

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the federal government went too far when seizing assets to repay Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme victims, handing a victory to bankruptcy trustees. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Louis Pearlman Trustee Files Plan to Pay Jilted Investors

06/13/13
China Stringer Network/Reuters
The Backstreet Boys, a band put together by mogul Louis Pearlman, hold giant panda cubs as they pose for photographs at the Chengdu Research Ba
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The Daily Docket: Patriot Coal Trades Barbs With Union

06/13/13

Patriot Coal Corp.’s chief executive and the head of its mine workers’ union traded barbs Wednesday after the union accused the company of walking out of negotiations to reach new labor terms. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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The Daily Docket: Exide Bondholders Want Leverage

06/12/13

Bondholders are circling Exide Technologies Inc. looking for leverage in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that is shaping into a fast-moving revamp of the global battery business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Sly Stone Royalty Fight Moves to Bankruptcy Court

06/11/13
Sony Music Entertainment
Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone

Sly Stone’s former manager says he placed his businesses into bankruptcy to block a bid by the

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Dionne Warwick Takes on the IRS

06/10/13
Ian Gavan/Getty Images
Dionne Warwick in September 2010

Dionne Warwick’s bankruptcy lawyers are looking to stop the IRS in its tracks.

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