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The owner of popular Capitol Hill eating spots like Hawk ‘n’ Dove, Senart’s Oyster House and The Chesapeake Room heads to court today for its first bankruptcy appearance.

The restaurant operator has a 2 p.m. hearing in front of Bankruptcy Judge S. Martin Teel Jr., where it will ask for permission to continue paying its roughly 200 workers while the company figures out a survival plan.

Defunct manufacturer Budd Co.

Select Staffing, which provides temporary staffing services in a variety of industries, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday after reaching a restructuring deal with its lenders. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

Howrey LLP’s bankruptcy trustee has turned his attention to yet another law firm that hired Howrey partners around the time of the firm’s 2011 dissolution in an attempt to strum up money for creditors.

The owner of the Spencer’s retail chain may be facing some competition in its bid for consumer electronics retailer Brookstone, as Blucora Inc. plans an offer, the Wall Street Journal reports