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Eastman Kodak Co. said it reached a deal, subject to court approval, that would allow it to repay its second-lien creditors in cash instead of equity in the company. Click here for the Daily Bankruptcy Review article. ... Read full article

You are a construction company in Harlingen, Texas, the heartland of tough, that’s been around since 1937. You’re working at a San Antonio road project, already strained by fuel prices that are higher than what you forecast in your contract bid, when ... Read full article

The $1.9 billion debt-repayment deal that’s designed to pull Jefferson County, Ala., out of bankruptcy will eventually costs its citizens almost four times that amount. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

A bankruptcy judge says a recent “flurry” of court filings by Heller Ehrman LLP may “dramatically” affect the defunct law firm’s quest to chase down unfinished business profits. Judge Dennis Montali of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Francisco handed ... Read full article

Orchard Supply Hardware Stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday with plans to sell itself to Lowe’s Cos., subject to higher bids at auction. Click here for the Daily Bankruptcy Review article. ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Lou Pearlman’s bankruptcy trustee has filed a plan to repay investors, and Dionne Warwick is taking on the IRS. Also, the fight between Sly Stone and his ex-manager continues in bankruptcy court. ... Read full article

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the federal government went too far when seizing assets to repay Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme victims, handing a victory to bankruptcy trustees. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

China Stringer Network/Reuters The Backstreet Boys, a band put together by mogul Louis Pearlman, hold giant panda cubs as they pose for photographs at the Chengdu Research Ba ... Read full article

Patriot Coal Corp.’s chief executive and the head of its mine workers’ union traded barbs Wednesday after the union accused the company of walking out of negotiations to reach new labor terms. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street ... Read full article

Bondholders are circling Exide Technologies Inc. looking for leverage in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that is shaping into a fast-moving revamp of the global battery business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Sony Music Entertainment Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone Sly Stone’s former manager says he placed his businesses into bankruptcy to block a bid by the ... Read full article

The mine workers union that’s been battling with Patriot Coal Corp. for months is appealing a recent court ruling that cleared Patriot to reject its collective-bargaining agreements. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Ian Gavan/Getty Images Dionne Warwick in September 2010 Dionne Warwick’s bankruptcy lawyers are looking to stop the IRS in its tracks. ... Read full article

Troubled battery maker Exide Technologies Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Monday as it faced $31 million in interest payments in August and the maturity of nearly $52 million in convertible notes in September. Read the Daily ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Sly Stone’s former manager, record producer Jerry Goldstein, put his companies in bankruptcy. Also, the founder of Tully’s Coffee isn’t happy with Patrick Demspey. ... Read full article

Car- and machine-battery maker Exide Technologies Inc. is prepping for a possible bankruptcy filing, The Wall Street Journal reports . ... Read full article

Photo courtesy of Weschler’s Auctioneers “For Xavier” by Sam Gilliam Howrey LLP stuck close to its Washington, D.C., headquarters when shopping for art t ... Read full article

Ahern Rentals Inc. won bankruptcy court approval to exit Chapter 11 protection under a plan that keeps the construction equipment rental company in the hands of the family that founded it 60 years ago. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article