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Renée Dailey has joined law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as a partner with the bankruptcy and restructuring practice. Ms. Dailey has experience representing insurance companies and other institutional investors and has worked with clients in the U.S. ... Read full article

Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News Texas’s consumer watchdog has reached a deal with a Dallas manufacturer that once sold solar panels that weren’t quite “Made in the U.S.A.,” despite their label. ... Read full article

Investment firm FutureSelect wants to hold law firm Ernst & Young liable for $200 million in losses tied to investments with Bernard Madoff, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Photograph (C) Susanne Horner Bankrupt coal company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. paid lawyer Chris Horner $18,600 before it filed for chapter 11 this summer. ... Read full article

In this May 13 file photo, Abby Lee Miller arrives at the 3rd Annual Reality TV Awards in Los Angeles. Ms. ... Read full article

Employees of Relativity Television are expected to stay on at the division once the sale of the company goes through, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Colt Defense LLC is looking for approval of a deal that would let it access $50 million once it leaves bankruptcy, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports . ... Read full article

Three women who allege they were repeatedly promised “life-changing” experiences by Relativity Media LLC as part of a short-lived reality show say the bankrupt Hollywood studio’s empty pockets should not let it off the hook for its empty promises. ... Read full article

Brendan McDermid/Reuters The lawyers who raked in more than $200 million for MF Global’s investors are now seeking their own payday. ... Read full article

Former Lehman Brother bond trader Jonathan Hoffman lost a “double-dip” bid for an $83 million bonus he said he was owed. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Don Ryan/Associated Press Supermarket operator Haggen Holdings LLC heads to court twice next week. ... Read full article

Patriot Coal Corp. won a judge’s approval of its chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, which will let it hand over its mines to new owners, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Dov Charney in 2012 Los Angeles Times/Associated Press Less than a week before American App ... Read full article

Thousands more employees of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. could be out of a job by Thanksgiving, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court to testify in a lawsuit. ... Read full article

A Colorado cybersecurity firm whose founder said he hacked into more than a dozen airline flights by plugging his laptop into a passenger jet’s entertainment system has filed for bankruptcy. One World Labs Inc., founded by Chris Roberts in 2009, filed for ... Read full article

Duck Commander Family Foods and Chinook USA A Kentucky company that brews ice tea inspired by Uncle Si from the hit A&E reality TV show “ Duck Dynasty ... Read full article

American Apparel Inc.’s turnaround plan includes keeping manufacturing operations inside the U.S., Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article