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Employees of Relativity Television Expected to Remain

10/14/15

Employees of Relativity Television are expected to stay on at the division once the sale of the company goes through, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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Lehman Ex-Bond Trader Loses $83 Million ‘Double Dip’ Bid

10/12/15

Former Lehman Brother bond trader Jonathan Hoffman lost a “double-dip” bid for an $83 million bonus he said he was owed. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Dov Charney Faces Setback in Defamation Suits Against American Apparel

10/08/15
Dov Charney in 2012
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Less than a week before American App

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50 Cent Seeks $75 Million Over Headphones Fiasco

10/07/15
Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court to testify in a lawsuit.
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Injured Concertgoer Fights for Damages in 50 Cent’s Bankruptcy

10/06/15
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A lawsuit that accused 50 Cent of unfairly bolstering his tough-guy image by starting a fight at a 2004 concert in Massachusetts has surfaced in his bankruptcy.

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Relativity Judge Poised to Confirm Sale

10/06/15

Relativity Media LL’s sale to investors including founder Ryan Kavanaugh seems poised for approval by a bankruptcy judge, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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50 Cent Wants to Keep a Lid on Underwear Endorsement Details

10/02/15

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, 50 Cent wants to keep details on his underwear endorsement a secret, and David Cassidy’s home finally sold.

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Judge: Lawyer Can’t Dodge $364,000 Contempt Fine Using Bankruptcy

10/02/15

Hit with a big fine for violating a judge’s order, Michigan lawyer David W. Charron filed for bankruptcy protection to avoid paying it.

But a bankruptcy judge derailed that plan on Wednesday, ruling that Mr. Charron’s civil contempt fine of $363,506.77—a penalty for orchestrating the sale of an insurance firm despite a court order not to do so—isn’t the type of debt that a person can get rid of using bankruptcy.

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50 Cent Fights to Keep Underwear Deal Confidential

09/30/15
In this July 20 file photo, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson attends the premiere of “Southpaw” in New York.
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Diocesan Bankruptcy Battles Color Pope Francis’s First U.S. Visit

09/22/15
Pope Francis delivers a sermon during a mass at the shrine of the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre in Santiago, Cuba, Sept. 22. As Catholic officials highlight the pope’s inaugural U.S. visit, the Catholic church in the U.S.
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