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The Examiners: When Assigning Blame, Debtors Shouldn’t Look Far

11/04/14

When a company files for Chapter 11 protection a second, third or even fourth time, who’s to blame?

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The Examiners: Are Chapter 22s Really So Bad?

11/04/14

When a company files for Chapter 11 protection a second, third or even fourth time, who’s to blame?

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The Daily Docket: LightSquared Strikes Deal Giving Control to Ergen

11/04/14

Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charlie Ergen would receive a controlling stake in troubled wireless company LightSquared under the company’s newest restructuring plan, announced in court on Monday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story in The Wall Street Journal.

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The Examiners: Repeat Chapter 11s Attributable to Variety of Factors

11/03/14

When a company files for Chapter 11 protection a second, third or even fourth time, who’s to blame?

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The Examiners: Chapter 11s Don’t Always Fix the Underlying Business

11/03/14

When a company files for Chapter 11 protection a second, third or even fourth time, who’s to blame?

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Who’s To Blame for Chapter 22s? The Examiners Weigh In

11/03/14

This week, the Examiners will take on a not-infrequent occurrence in the restructuring world: the filing of so-called Chapter 22s, or companies that seek Chapter 11 protection a second time.

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The Daily Docket: Marion Energy’s U.S. Unit Files Bankruptcy

11/03/14
John Spinello sits in front of merchandise from the game “Operation” at his Bloomingdale, Ill. home on Friday.
Carrie Antlfinger/Associated Press

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The Broke and the Beautiful: 38 Studios Settlement Edition

10/31/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, 38 Studios’ bankruptcy trustee reached an important settlement, and Girls Gone Wild’s Hottest Girl in America 2010 is getting an overdue payment. Also, a Formula One racing team filed for bankruptcy.

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Forward Motions: Judge Could Clear Detroit to Leave Bankruptcy

10/31/14

Detroit could get a ticket to get out of bankruptcy next Friday.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes will reveal his decision on whether the city’s bankruptcy-exit plan, which cuts $7 billion in debt, is fair.

City leaders and creditors picked through the details of the plan during a trial that lasted several weeks. The plan calls for $275 million in new borrowing and a $1.7 billion reinvestment in removing blighted buildings and boosting police and fire services in the city.

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Appellate Court: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Still Worthless

10/31/14
Approximately 100 shoppers lined up outside the Borders store in Brea, Calif., to take advantage of going out of business sale prices on July 24, 2011.
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