White-Collar Crime

The Daily Docket: Global Aviation Files Restructuring Plan

09/18/12

Global Aviation Holdings Inc. filed a restructuring plan that would hand ownership of its charter-airline service to its senior secured bondholders and cut its debt by about $168 million. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Daily Docket: Hostess Union Rejects Labor Deal

09/17/12
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Hostess Brands Inc.’s second-largest union voted to reject a revamped labor deal, sending the company back to the drawing board as it scrambles to find a way out of bankruptcy.

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The Daily Docket: Pilots Outline Arguments in Appeal of AMR Labor Ruling

09/14/12
Reuters
A US Airways plane passes American Airlines planes at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington in this April 23, 2012, file photo.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Approves AMR Collective-Bargaining Deals

09/13/12
Associated Press

A judge on Wednesday approved new collective-bargaining agreements between American Airlines’ parent and the unions representing its flight attendants and mechanics, an important but penultima

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The Daily Docket: Patriot Lawyer, Judge Battle Over Bankruptcy Venue

09/12/12

A New York judge on Tuesday grilled a lawyer representing Patriot Coal Corp.’s union workers over whether the company’s bankruptcy case should be moved to Charleston, W.V., home of most of Patriot’s coal mines. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Bankruptcy Lawsuit Targets John Mayer

09/11/12
Associated Press
John Mayer performs on the NBC “Today” show in New York Friday, July 23, 2010.

From running off his mouth

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The Daily Docket: Digital Domain Files for Chapter 11

09/11/12

Digital Domain Media Group Inc . said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and agreed to sell its core business to private investment firm Searchlight Capital Partners LP for $15 million. Click here to read the article in DBR Small Cap.

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The Daily Docket: Resort Owner Defends Stalking-Horse Bidder Protections

09/10/12

The owner of several U.S. luxury resorts says it was “compelled” to offer controversial buyer protections to Singapore’s real-estate investment arm in order to secure its $1.5 billion bid. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Toni! Toni! Toní! Edition

09/07/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, R&B singer Toni Braxton is talking about her bankruptcies on VH1, and Young Buck’s trustee is done trying to sell the rapper’s intellectual property. Also, the wife of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein is charged with money laundering.

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The Daily Docket: Bain-Owned Contec Enters Bankruptcy

08/30/12

Contec Holdings Ltd., the cable-box repair company owned by Bain Capital Partners, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday with a plan in hand to restructure some $360 million in debt. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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