White-Collar Crime

The Daily Docket: Pinnacle Unions Balk at Airline’s Attempts to Scrap Contract

10/09/12

Pinnacle Airlines Corp.'s thousands of pilots and flight attendants are objecting to the airline’s bid to scrap their contracts, a move the regional carrier says is necessary to exit bankruptcy protection. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Arcapita Creditors Oppose Proposed Financing

10/08/12

Arcapita Bank’s unsecured creditors say a proposed $150 million financing package from Silver Point Finance LLC is structured to benefit the lender at other creditors’ expense and to preclude the company from pursuing other options. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Giddens Settles Lehman Dispute

10/05/12
Reuters

The trustee winding down Lehman Brothers’ brokerage has settled a $6 billion dispute with the failed investment bank’s former Swiss derivatives unit, one of the last holdouts among Lehman’s foreign affil

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The Daily Docket: Bakers Steps Into Bankruptcy

10/04/12

Bakers Footwear Group Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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The Daily Docket: LightSquared Proposes Sharing Network With Government

10/01/12

Philip Falcone‘s LightSquared on Friday made a proposal to the Federal Communications Commission that the company hopes will solve the regulatory issues surrounding its wireless satellite network and help it build its business faster without abandoning its long-term goals. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Legendary Edition

09/28/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Digital Domain creative leaders want a happy ending, and a Lynyrd Skynyrd-themed restaurant finds a sweet home in bankruptcy. Also this week, a Ponzi-scheme operator disputed a lawsuit involving musician John Mayer.

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The Daily Docket: Lehman, IRS Reach Deal

09/28/12
Reuters

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Hostess Fights Smaller Unions in Labor Trial

09/26/12
Associated Press

Hostess Brands Inc. Tuesday launched its courtroom campaign to impose new labor deals on a group of unions that represent a small slice of the Twinkie maker’s workforce.

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Scott Rothstein’s Jeweler Settles Lawsuit

09/19/12
Associated Press
In this July 27, 2009 photo, Scott Rothstein is shown in his former office.

The Florida jeweler that kept Ponzi-scheme operator Scott Ro

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