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The Daily Docket: BMO Faces $24B Suit Tied to Petters Fraud

09/19/14

A new lawsuit seeks to hold M&I Bank, now owned by BMO Harris Bank, responsible for allegedly enabling Minnesota businessman Tom Petters to orchestrate a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of several billion dollars. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Greenberg, Alvarez Agree to Slash TelexFree Fees

09/18/14

TelexFree LLC’s bankruptcy advisers will forgo more than $1 million in fees they charged during the short time they worked for the company, which has since been accused of operating a massive pyramid scheme.

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The Daily Docket: Coldwater Creek Plan Confirmed

09/18/14
Associated Press/Elaine Thompson

As former customers keep a wary eye on the online version that new owners are planning for the Col

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law Gets Reprieve after Missed Bond Payment

09/17/14
Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is scrambling to restructure its debt after blowing a bond payment deadline.

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Carl Icahn Rakes in His Winnings in Trump Casino Bankruptcy

09/17/14
Burned out lights can be seen as a woman passes Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino on the boardwalk Sept.
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The Daily Docket: Everybody Loves Energy Future

09/17/14

Energy Future Holdings Corp. is “in the midst of a bidding war” and still talking to NextEra Energy Inc., the Florida company that sparked a competition that shook up one of the biggest bankruptcies on record, company attorney Edward Sassower said Tuesday. Read the story in the Daily Bankruptcy Review.

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Trump Tweets Possible Play for Atlantic City Casinos

09/16/14
Associated Press

Donald Trump might be seeking a return to the bankrupt Atlantic City, N.J., casinos that bear his name.

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The Daily Docket: NII Holdings Enters Bankruptcy

09/16/14
PRNewsFoto/NII Holdings, Inc.

NII Holdings Inc ., which owns Nextel

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American Sniper’s Widow Sues Bankrupt Training Company He Founded

09/15/14
“American Sniper” author Chris Kyle poses for this 2012 file photo. Mr. Kyle was fatally shot at a shooting range southwest of Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb.
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