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Arch Coal Fails to Win Protection of Debt-Swap

10/20/15

A judge won’t protect rare-earths miner Arch Coal Inc.’s debt-swap deal, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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American Apparel Maps Survival Plan

10/19/15

American Apparel Inc. told a bankruptcy judge of a survival plan that would help it leave bankruptcy with less debt and would help fix inventory issues at its stores, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports.

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Next Week in Bankruptcy

10/16/15
Bloomberg News

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., the bankrupt unit o

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Alpha Natural Discloses Payments to Climate Change Skeptic Chris Horner

10/15/15
Photograph (C) Susanne Horner

Bankrupt coal company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. paid lawyer Chris Horner $18,600 before it filed for chapter 11 this summer.

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Sex Workers Say ‘Life-Changing’ Relativity Show Never Delivered

10/12/15

Three women who allege they were repeatedly promised “life-changing” experiences by Relativity Media LLC as part of a short-lived reality show say the bankrupt Hollywood studio’s empty pockets should not let it off the hook for its empty promises.

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Next Week in Bankruptcy

10/09/15
Don Ryan/Associated Press

Supermarket operator Haggen Holdings LLC heads to court twice next week.

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Patriot Coal Plan Wins Aprroval

10/09/15

Patriot Coal Corp. won a judge’s approval of its chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, which will let it hand over its mines to new owners, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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Dov Charney Faces Setback in Defamation Suits Against American Apparel

10/08/15
Dov Charney in 2012
Los Angeles Times/Associated Press

Less than a week before American App

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A&P Could Have Thousands More Unemployed by Thanksgiving

10/08/15

Thousands more employees of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. could be out of a job by Thanksgiving, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal.

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Alleged Airline Jet Hacker’s Security Firm Files for Bankruptcy

10/07/15

A Colorado cybersecurity firm whose founder said he hacked into more than a dozen airline flights by plugging his laptop into a passenger jet’s entertainment system has filed for bankruptcy.

One World Labs Inc., founded by Chris Roberts in 2009, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, saying it faces roughly $720,000 in debt.

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