Restructuring

The Daily Docket: Hostess Union Rejects Labor Deal

09/17/12
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Hostess Brands Inc.’s second-largest union voted to reject a revamped labor deal, sending the company back to the drawing board as it scrambles to find a way out of bankruptcy.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Digital Domain Edition

09/14/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, special-effects company Digital Domain has sunk into bankruptcy, and singer John Mayer is being targeted in a Ponzi-scheme lawsuit. Also, a record-label exec got $2 million from a lawsuit over “Whoomp! (There It Is).”

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The Daily Docket: Pilots Outline Arguments in Appeal of AMR Labor Ruling

09/14/12
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A US Airways plane passes American Airlines planes at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington in this April 23, 2012, file photo.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Approves AMR Collective-Bargaining Deals

09/13/12
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A judge on Wednesday approved new collective-bargaining agreements between American Airlines’ parent and the unions representing its flight attendants and mechanics, an important but penultima

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The Daily Docket: Patriot Lawyer, Judge Battle Over Bankruptcy Venue

09/12/12

A New York judge on Tuesday grilled a lawyer representing Patriot Coal Corp.’s union workers over whether the company’s bankruptcy case should be moved to Charleston, W.V., home of most of Patriot’s coal mines. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Digital Domain Files for Chapter 11

09/11/12

Digital Domain Media Group Inc . said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and agreed to sell its core business to private investment firm Searchlight Capital Partners LP for $15 million. Click here to read the article in DBR Small Cap.

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The Daily Docket: Resort Owner Defends Stalking-Horse Bidder Protections

09/10/12

The owner of several U.S. luxury resorts says it was “compelled” to offer controversial buyer protections to Singapore’s real-estate investment arm in order to secure its $1.5 billion bid. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Toni! Toni! Toní! Edition

09/07/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, R&B singer Toni Braxton is talking about her bankruptcies on VH1, and Young Buck’s trustee is done trying to sell the rapper’s intellectual property. Also, the wife of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein is charged with money laundering.

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The Daily Docket: Central Falls Wins Approval to Exit Bankruptcy

09/07/12

A judge cleared Central Falls, R.I., to emerge from Chapter 9 protection with a plan that would forgive some of its debts and finalize cuts to its retirees’ pension plans. Read the DBR Small Cap article here.

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The Daily Docket: Journal Register Enters Bankruptcy

09/06/12

Journal Register Co., the publisher behind local newspapers such as the New Haven Register, is back in bankruptcy protection, three years after emerging from a previous Chapter 11 stint. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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