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Coming and Going Concerns

11/05/15

Paul E. Harner has joined law firm Ballard Spahr as a partner with the restructuring practice. Mr.

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Arch Coal Running Out of Options

10/28/15

Arch Coal Inc. is running out of options after its deal to rework $5.1 billion in debt outside the court ell apart.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Boxers Who Rely on 50 Cent’s Firm for Fights Aren’t Happy

10/27/15
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson arrives at the Paley Center For Media’s Hollywood Tribute to African American Achievements in Television in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Frederic J.
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Hillary Clinton Backs Miners in Peabody, Patriot Benefits Fight

10/26/15
In this April 29, 2013 file photo, coal miners and supporters cheer during a protest outside of Peabody Coal in St. Louis.
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American Apparel Maps Survival Plan

10/19/15

American Apparel Inc. told a bankruptcy judge of a survival plan that would help it leave bankruptcy with less debt and would help fix inventory issues at its stores, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports.

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‘Dance Moms’ Star Abby Lee Miller Indicted for Bankruptcy Fraud

10/16/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Abby Lee Miller was indicted for bankruptcy fraud, three sex workers are accusing Relativity Media of not delivering on some promises, Teresa Giudice is writing a memoir, and Colin Hanks’s documentary on Tower Records is finally out.

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Coming and Going Concerns

10/15/15

Renée Dailey has joined law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as a partner with the bankruptcy and restructuring practice. Ms. Dailey has experience representing insurance companies and other institutional investors and has worked with clients in the U.S. and around the world. Most recently, she was a partner with law firm Bracewell & Giuliani.

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Texas AG Settles Lawsuit Over Mislabeled, Foreign Solar Panels

10/15/15
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News

Texas’s consumer watchdog has reached a deal with a Dallas manufacturer that once sold solar panels that weren’t quite “Made in the U.S.A.,” despite their label.

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Alpha Natural Discloses Payments to Climate Change Skeptic Chris Horner

10/15/15
Photograph (C) Susanne Horner

Bankrupt coal company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. paid lawyer Chris Horner $18,600 before it filed for chapter 11 this summer.

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‘Dance Moms’ Star Indicted on Bankruptcy Fraud Charges

10/14/15
In this May 13 file photo, Abby Lee Miller arrives at the 3rd Annual Reality TV Awards in Los Angeles. Ms.
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