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Rapper 50 Cent exited a New York courthouse last month after testifying in a sex tape lawsuit. Brendan McDermid/Reuters Though he’s not exactly known for ... Read full article

The federal government reached a settlement with Altegrity Inc. worth at least $30 million over a whistleblower lawsuit, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

The judge in MF Global’s bankruptcy set the stage for a nearly full recovery for creditors, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

State Department This trinket won’t reveal the location of the Ark of ... Read full article

Getty Images The country’s bankruptcy courts are holding onto money for people who don’t realize it’s theirs. ... Read full article

Patriot Coal Corp. will soon be able to poll creditors on its chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports . (Daily Bankruptcy Review is a daily newsletter with comprehensive coverage and analysis of emerging and in-progress insolvencies ... Read full article

Patriot Coal Corp. reached a new deal to sell two West Virginia mines that will relieve it of $400 million in debt.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Altegrity Inc., which became known after National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was vetted by one of its units, won approval of its chapter 11 plan.Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

50 Cent doesn’t want you sippin’ Bacardi like it’s your birthday anymore. Instead, the rapper would like you to drink Effen vodka in da club. And no, it’s not because he doesn’t give an Effen it’s not your birthday. It’s because as a spokesman for the ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. on Tuesday will ask the bankruptcy court to grant initial approval of its restructuring deal , allowing it to begin to poll creditors and move a step closer to exiting chapter 11. ... Read full article

Optim Energy LLC will pay Blackstone Group LP $5 million to settle their fight in the Texas power-plant operator’s bankruptcy case in exchange for Blackstone dropping its appeal of Optim’s court-approved plan to exit bankruptcy. Read the Daily Bankruptcy ... Read full article

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx testifies before Congress in March 2014.  Associated Press A bankruptcy trustee sued U.S. ... Read full article

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Shannon Stapleton/Reuters In criminal trials, prosecutors often want juries to sympathize with the victims. ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. faced criticism from creditors Tuesday on its bankruptcy-exit plan. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here . ... Read full article

Gospel Light Publications , known for its Sunday school and vacation Bible school curricula, filed for bankruptcy with plans to sell its assets. ... Read full article

The owner of former mail-order music giant Columbia House filed for bankruptcy to sell off the remains of its business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. launched a bid to exit bankruptcy that focuses on a deal over its Oncor business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal . ... Read full article