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The Year’s Bankruptcy News in 11 Chapters

12/31/13

Bankruptcies may have slowed in 2013, but we’ve still had our share of action.

Celebrities ruled Bankruptcy Beat’s top posts of the year by page views, taking eight of our top 11 spots.

It’s the final countdown (of 2013):

11. Flying High

New Bill Would Help American Airlines Union Workers (July 9)

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The Year’s Bankruptcy News in 11 Chapters

12/31/13

Bankruptcies may have slowed in 2013, but we’ve still had our share of action.

Celebrities ruled Bankruptcy Beat’s top posts of the year by page views, taking eight of our top 11 spots.

It’s the final countdown (of 2013):

11. Flying High

New Bill Would Help American Airlines Union Workers (July 9)

[more]

The Daily Docket: LightSquared Directors Prefer New Plan

12/31/13

LightSquared Inc.’s recently overhauled restructuring plan, which faces objections from certain creditors, is currently the best option on the table, say the wireless venture’s independent directors. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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The Daily Docket: LightSquared Directors Prefer New Plan

12/31/13

LightSquared Inc.’s recently overhauled restructuring plan, which faces objections from certain creditors, is currently the best option on the table, say the wireless venture’s independent directors. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

[more]

Bankruptcy Beat Snapshot: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez

12/30/13

To expand its municipal restructuring practice, FTI Consulting Inc. is turning to someone with firsthand experience: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez, who shepherded the small town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., through its 2012 bankruptcy.

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Bankruptcy Beat Snapshot: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez

12/30/13

To expand its municipal restructuring practice, FTI Consulting Inc. is turning to someone with firsthand experience: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez, who shepherded the small town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., through its 2012 bankruptcy.

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2014: What Dreams May Come

12/30/13

By Anders J. Maxwell

To life’s certainties—death and taxes—you can add year-end predictions of things to come. As unreliable as the weather, nonetheless trying to divine the future based on recent experience and the economy’s knowns and unknowns set expectations and frame prospects for the new year. For a cyclical business such as bankruptcy and restructuring, these prognostications have implications extending much further.

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2014: What Dreams May Come

12/30/13

By Anders J. Maxwell

To life’s certainties—death and taxes—you can add year-end predictions of things to come. As unreliable as the weather, nonetheless trying to divine the future based on recent experience and the economy’s knowns and unknowns set expectations and frame prospects for the new year. For a cyclical business such as bankruptcy and restructuring, these prognostications have implications extending much further.

[more]

The Daily Docket: Counterparties Win in Lehman Judge’s Swaps Ruling

12/30/13
Bloomberg News

A recent bankruptcy-court decision in favor of Michigan’s state housing authority’s decision to terminate a swaps deal with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Counterparties Win in Lehman Judge’s Swaps Ruling

12/30/13
Bloomberg News

A recent bankruptcy-court decision in favor of Michigan’s state housing authority’s decision to terminate a swaps deal with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

[more]