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The Daily Docket: LightSquared Has New Reorganization Plan

06/30/14

Philip Falcone‘s LightSquared wireless venture has a new reorganization plan tentatively in place that includes Cerberus Capital Management LP, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Judge to Tour Detroit, But Without RoboCop

06/27/14
A foam model of the RoboCop statue stands inside Venus Bronze Works in Detroit, on Tuesday, Sept.
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Kentile Floors Sign Inspires T-Shirts, Nails, and Body Art

06/27/14
Missy Hammond Dunaway’s painted notebooks depict the Kentile Floors sign.
Missy Hammond Dunaway

Commuters on the F and G subway trains may no longer have

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Equestrian Edition

06/27/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Frank McCourt isn’t just horsing around with an equestrian jumping show, and soccer’s not so popular in Pittsburgh even amid World Cup fever. Also, a gal pal of Armand Assante is in some trouble.

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Forward Motions: American Airlines Professionals Seek Fee Payments

06/27/14

On Tuesday in Manhattan, a judge will consider approving nearly $400 million in fees and expenses for the professionals who worked on the American Airlines bankruptcy.

The amounts were recommended by fee examiner Robert Keach, a former American Bankruptcy Institute president who said the attorneys and advisers engineered “perhaps the most efficient airline reorganization case on record.”

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The Daily Docket: Scapped Vegas W Hotel Project Entities Enter Bankruptcy

06/27/14

Five entities with a stake in land where the ambitious Las Vegas W hotel was supposed to be built filed for bankruptcy in Nevada on Wednesday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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The Examiners: J. Scott Victor on Municipal Distress

06/26/14

As Detroit nears a crucial point in its restructuring, what lessons does the city’s historic bankruptcy offer troubled municipalities?

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The Examiners: Mark J. Roe on Municipal Distress

06/26/14

As Detroit nears a crucial point in its restructuring, what lessons does the city’s historic bankruptcy offer troubled municipalities?

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The Examiners: Harvey Miller on Municipal Distress

06/26/14

As Detroit nears a crucial point in its restructuring, what lessons does the city’s historic bankruptcy offer troubled municipalities?

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The Examiners: Anders J. Maxwell on Municipal Distress

06/26/14

As Detroit nears a crucial point in its restructuring, what lessons does the city’s historic bankruptcy offer troubled municipalities?

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