Restructuring

Warring AMF Attorneys Ally Over Bowling Alley Love

11/14/12
Everett Collection

AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. and its unhappy junior lenders may differ on the path of the bowling alley operator’s restructuring, but they share a love of the game.

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The Daily Docket: Overseas Shipholding Files for Bankruptcy

11/14/12

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the tanker company looks to significantly reduce its debt burden. Read the article in Daily Bankruptcy Review.

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The Daily Docket: AMF Bowling Enters Bankruptcy

11/13/12

Bowling-center operator AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday after reaching a deal with key creditors to restructure its debt. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: JeffCo Anniversary Edition

11/12/12

A year into Jefferson County, Ala.’s historic bankruptcy, its elected leaders aren’t the ones who are fully in control of the case’s direction. Neither are the brightest attorneys hired by Wall Street banks to protect their $3.2 billion investment in the sewer system for state’s most populated county. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Johnson Named Lead Bidder for A123

11/09/12
Associated Press

Johnson Controls Inc.

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Consulting Firm That Once Advised Gadhafi Enters Chapter 11

11/08/12
Associated Press
Monitor Co. Group filed for bankruptcy this week.
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The Daily Docket: Trustee Attacks A123′s Bid to Pay Bankruptcy Bonuses

11/08/12

The government’s bankruptcy watchdog says A123 Systems Inc.’s attempt to pay millions of dollars in “incentive” bonuses to a handful of the battery maker’s insiders appears to be a disguised bid to award the employees with illegal “retention” bonuses. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Texas College’s Collapse Puts Town’s Rodeo Venue in Play

11/07/12

The unexpected collapse of Lon Morris College has Jacksonville, Texas, reaching for the reins of the rodeo arena that it gave to the private, two-year college during the ambitious expansion that led to its downfall.

As an auctioneer prepares to sell off property left on the college’s 112-acre campus, Jacksonville leaders are trying to make sure that the rodeo grounds aren’t included. Instead, they want the property returned to the city, which deeded the property to the college in 2009.

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The Daily Docket: Homer City Enters Bankruptcy

11/07/12

Homer City Funding LLC, a special-purpose vehicle formed in connection with the $1.6 billion purchase of a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant in 2001, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after reaching a debt-restructuring deal with its bondholders. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Stroock, Kirkland Bunk Up Post-Storm

11/06/12
Rachel Feintzeig
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s downtown Manhattan office sustained damage from superstorm Sandy that could take weeks to repair.

As res

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