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A longstanding photography retail chain with roots in Chicago filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Wednesday with plans to close all of its U.S. stores.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth L. Perris plans to retire after 30 years on the Oregon bench.

Judge Perris, 62, who is known for mediating disputes in Detroit’s bankruptcy and for other financially struggling cities, plans to retire in January. She’ll use the extra time to continue mediation work, travel and “not [have] to be on 6 a.m. conference calls,” according to a statement from her chambers.

Join us Tuesday, March 11, at 10:30a.m. to hear The Wall Street Journal’s Joseph Checkler discuss the year ahead in bankruptcy with Steve Zelin of The Blackstone Group.

A Dallas mint in search of a buyer sparked the interest of a Texas separatist group, a lawyer revealed Wednesday in bankruptcy court.

A lawyer who helped market Mulligan Mint Inc.’s Texas plant, which made more than 30,000 coins per month before filing for bankruptcy in September, said he got a verbal offer for the plant from a group called the Republic of Texas.

Exide Technologies Inc. and its creditors are vying for the right to launch a probe into suspected metal price-fixing, with an eye toward collecting damages if it turns out the battery-maker was victimized.