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The Daily Docket: Judge Says TelexFree Chapter 11 Must Go to Massachussets

05/07/14

A bankruptcy judge Tuesday rebuffed TelexFree LLC’s efforts to keep its Chapter 11 proceedings out of Massachusetts, where most of the company’s assets and operations are based. The Daily Bankruptcy Review article is available here.

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Judge to Rule Thursday on LightSquared Plan, Ergen Trial

05/06/14
Phil Falcone, the head of Harbinger Capital Partners, which owns LightSquared, arrives at the U.S.
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Calumet Photographic Sold to C&A Marketing

05/06/14

Retailer Calumet Photographic, whose abrupt shuttering this year shocked photography pros and enthusiasts, is under new ownership.

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Nortel’s Hush-Hush $7.3 Billion Court Fight

05/06/14

In less than a week, Nortel Networks’ U.S., Canadian and European divisions will launch a courtroom contest over $7.3 billion in cash, a massive, innovative, cross-border six-week trial that will test…well, something.

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The Daily Docket: Dish’s Ergen Balks at LightSquared Plan

05/06/14

LightSquared’s reorganization plan gives too much to value to the wireless venture’s top shareholder, Philip Falcone, and shouldn’t be approved, a lawyer for Dish Network Corp.  Chairman Charlie Ergen said Monday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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The Lehman Brothers Ethos Fades at Barclays

05/05/14
Associated Press

For many people, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. died in the early hours of Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, when the Wall Street firm filed for bankruptcy.

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ABA Joins Battle Over Dead Law Firm Profits

05/05/14

The nation’s largest lawyers’ organization is taking a stand on a client’s right to choose.

The right to choose counsel, that is.

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The Daily Docket: GSE Environmental Enters Bankruptcy

05/05/14

GSE Environmental Inc. placed its North American operations under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, with a plan to hand them off to secured lenders. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article in The Wall Street Journal.

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Here’s What Energy Future Is Paying the Lawyers, Bankers and Advisers Who Worked on Restructuring

05/02/14

Energy Future Holdings’ bid to restructure some $42 billion in debt under bankruptcy protection isn’t just the biggest busted LBO in history.

It’s also something of a full employment act for bankruptcy lawyers, especially now that cracks are showing in what the Texas energy company calls a “prearranged” restructuring.

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The Examiners: J. Scott Victor on the Rural/Metro Ruling

05/02/14

What does the Delaware Chancery Court’s Rural/Metro ruling mean for advisers to distressed companies? Did the court reach the right conclusion?

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