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The Daily Docket: Saab Assets Sold

06/13/12
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Saab Automobile AB’s assets have been sold to electric-vehicle group National Electric Vehicle Sweden, Driver’s Seat

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The Daily Docket: Tribune Creditors Look at Post-Bankruptcy Litigation

06/11/12

As Tribune Co. closes in on confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan, attention has turned to the big-ticket litigation over the failed leveraged buyout that drove the media company to bankruptcy more than three years ago. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Danielle Staub Edition

06/08/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, “Real Housewife of New Jersey” Danielle Staub isn’t lighting up the TV screens but is instead starring in her own Chapter 7 case. Also, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s videogame company may need some consolation, and celebrity chef Pino Luongo’s restaurant has been filleted in bankruptcy.

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So Long, Peter Nero?

06/07/12
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Peter Nero in April 2011

The Philadelphia Orchestra Association is in the final stages

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The Daily Docket: Judge Dismisses BofA Suit Over Ocala Collapse

06/07/12

A federal judge dismissed Bank of America Corp.’s lawsuit against units of Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA, a win for the two foreign banks in their $1.75 billion dispute over losses suffered when a subsidiary of disgraced mortgage lender Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. collapsed. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Jumping on the Bankruptcy Bandwagon, Jersey Style

06/06/12
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The Daily Docket: Barclays Favored in Lehman Trustee Dispute

06/06/12
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A judge on Tuesday ruled largely for Barclays PLC in the bank’s ongoing dispute with the trustee unwinding Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s brokerage stemming from Barclays’ 2008 purchase of the brokerage, a decision th

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The Daily Docket: Justice Dept. Takes Aim at Bankruptcy Fees

06/05/12

The Department of Justice’s point man for bankruptcy cases on Monday challenged attorneys’ resistance to his bid to ensure the “extraordinarily large” fees he says they charge are reasonable and warranted Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

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The Daily Docket: Justice Department Presses Attorneys to Justify Fees

06/04/12
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The Justice Department has grown increasingly restless with attorney fees—often exceeding $1,000 an hour—paid by companies going through a bankruptcy reorganization.

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