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Ex-Dreier Partners Face Unfinished Business Lawsuit

01/25/13

Dreier LLP is demanding its share of the millions of dollars in fees earned from litigation that its former patent lawyers continued working on after the firm’s collapse.

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The Daily Docket: Nortel Mediation Efforts Fail

01/25/13
Associated Press

Efforts to mediate an agreement over how to divide $7.3 billion raised in the bankruptcy of Nortel Networks Co

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Patrick Dempsey Saves Lives on TV, Saves Jobs With Tully’s Purchase

01/24/13
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Patrick Dempsey

Of all the things that actor Patrick Dempsey has given up while training for long-distance bike rides, coffee isn’t one of them.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Approves $843.7M Kodak Financing Deal

01/24/13
Reuters

A judge on Wednesday approved a financing deal worth $843.7 million for Eastman Kodak Co., a package the company said should help it emerge from bankruptcy protection around midyear.

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New Settlement Bodes Well for Howrey Creditors

01/23/13

A newly reached $159 million antitrust settlement is good news for creditors of defunct law firm Howrey LLP, whose former role in the case could entitle it to a share of the attorneys’ fees.

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The Daily Docket: Apollo, Metropoulos May Make Hostess Cakes Bid

01/23/13
Reuters

A team of private-equity firms, Apollo Global Management LLC and C.

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The Daily Docket: Atari Enters Bankruptcy

01/22/13
Reuters
The Atari booth is pictured during E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in Los Angeles in this June 8, 2011, file photo.

Atari Inc., the New York

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Bloody Sock Edition

01/18/13

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, something stinks—but don’t worry, it’s only Curt Schilling’s famous bloody sock, which is going up for sale. Also this week, ex-NBA player Antoine Walker is doling out financial advice.

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Nortel $7.3 Billion Cash Settlement: To Be Continued

01/18/13
Associated Press

Efforts to broker a deal to divide up Nortel ’s

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Schilling’s Bloody Sock: Grossest Thing Ever Sold Because of Bankruptcy?

01/18/13
Associated Press
Curt Schilling in May 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, the winner and neeeewwwwwww champion of smelliest and most disgusting thing ever auctio

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