Restructuring

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, former University of Miami booster Nevin Shapiro’s bankruptcy trustee is racking up the recoveries. Also, rapper Young Buck might face bankruptcy liquidation, and B.B. King’s Blues Club is still grappling with its Las Vegas landlord.

The U.S. Department of Energy wants to prevent one of Evergreen Solar Inc.’s solar panel manufacturing techniques from ending up in the hands of its Chinese competitors—a group that’s blamed for crippling the U.S. renewable-energy market.

Agency officials want to place a legal grip on Evergreen Solar’s patented technology, which is destined for the bankruptcy auction block along with the rest of the Massachusetts solar-panel company’s factory equipment.

A bankruptcy judge Wednesday said he is inclined to turn down a bid by the Los Angeles Dodgers to probe Major League Baseball’s dealings with other MLB members for proof Commissioner Bud Selig is treating the ball club unfairly. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

Eva Longoria and her Las Vegas steakhouse Beso can kiss bankruptcy good-bye.

Eastman Kodak Co. has hired Jones Day as restructuring attorneys, The Wall Street Journal reports. The 131-year-old company is tackling investor worries but says it doesn’t intend to file for bankruptcy.