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Graceway Pharmaceuticals Trustee Files Preference Complaints

09/27/13

On September 13th, the Liquidating Trustee (the “Trustee”) in the Graceway Pharmaceuticals (“Graceway”) bankruptcy filed preference complaints against approximately 25 different defendants. The Trustee is seeking to avoid and recover what he contends are avoidable preferences under section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. 

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Guccione Collection Sues Penthouse Publisher

09/26/13
Reuters
Bob Guccione leaves the federal courthouse in New York in this 2002 file photo.

A battle over Penthouse founder Bob Guccione’s secret archive of un

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What a Wonder-ful World

09/24/13
Associated Press

After Hostess Brands’ bankruptcy liquidation, Twinkies made their return to store shelves this summer.

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The Daily Docket: Patriot Files Exit Plan

09/09/13

Patriot Coal Corp. on Friday filed its plan to leave Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Capitol Bancorp Squares Off With FDIC

08/06/13

Capitol Bancorp has gone to court seeking to protect its remaining community banks from potential closure, arguing that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is improperly pressuring state regulators and that closure would cost the government agency more than if the banks are sold at auction.

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Rapper DMX Files for Bankruptcy

07/30/13
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DMX

The rapper DMX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court records show, days after his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influe

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Museum Bondholders Could See Tiny Recovery

07/29/13

Unhinged from their dream of running a museum crowded with tourists who are eager to learn about young America’s Westward expansion, officials at the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument in Nebraska will settle for mediocre attendance and no more bond debt.

Officials at the oddball museum, which sits atop stilts that straddle Interstate 80 near Kearney, Neb., are proposing to pay a mere $50,000 to bondholders who are owed $20 million, according to the bankruptcy-exit plan they’ve proposed to a judge.

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Immigration Audits Hurt Hispanic-Oriented Grocery Chains

07/26/13
Associated Press
Victor Cristobal speaks at a news conference to protest Mi Pueblo Food Center’s use of the federal E-Verify program on Sept. 6, 2012, San Jose, Calif.
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Judge to Detroit Reporters: Behave Yourselves

07/24/13
Bloomberg News

Before the first spectator set foot inside a courtroom for the city’s debut bankruptcy hearing Wednesday morning, the judge in charge of Detroit’s historic Chapter 9 case laid out some ground rule

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Nortel U.S. Disabled Employees Win Severance Pay Fight

07/17/13
Associated Press

A bankruptcy judge Tuesday handed a win to disabled Nortel Networks Corp.

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