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The Daily Docket: Giddens Settles Lehman Dispute

10/05/12
Reuters

The trustee winding down Lehman Brothers’ brokerage has settled a $6 billion dispute with the failed investment bank’s former Swiss derivatives unit, one of the last holdouts among Lehman’s foreign affil

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The Daily Docket: Bakers Steps Into Bankruptcy

10/04/12

Bakers Footwear Group Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Alma Rosa Cash Flow Threatened by Bottled-up Wine

10/03/12

For California’s Alma Rosa Winery, the old saying about lemons should be tweaked to: “When life hands you bankruptcy, sell wine.”

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The Daily Docket: Details Emerge About Former Lake Las Vegas Owners

10/03/12

As Lake Las Vegas shows signs of life, playing host to President Barack Obama as he prepares for Wednesday’s debate with Mitt Romney, details are emerging about how billionaire brothers Sid and Lee Bass cashed out of their ownership stake before the resort tumbled into bankruptcy. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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‘Newsies’ Steal the Show in Freedom Chapter 11

10/02/12
Getty Images
The cast of “Newsies” perform onstage at the Tony Awards on June 10, 2012, in New York City.
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The Daily Docket: Ally Worries Over ResCap Sale

10/02/12

Ally Financial Inc. is worried that the proposed sale of Residential Capital LLC’s mortgage-servicing platform might hamstring ResCap’s promise to abide by the terms of a landmark national mortgage settlement. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Dewey Docket: Art Imitates Life in ‘The Good Wife’

10/01/12

Talk about ripped from the headlines.

This year’s very public implosion of New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP  was the biggest law firm failure in U.S. history—and it seems the creators of CBS drama “The Good Wife” were taking notes.

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Pro Athletes Go ‘Broke’ in New ESPN Documentary

10/01/12
Associated Press
Curt Schilling is one of many athletes or former athletes who’ve had brushes with bankruptcy.

Ever wonder how pro

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‘Robotic’ Storage Facility for the Rich Files for Chapter 11

10/01/12

Retinal scanning. Heartbeat detection. Photoelectric beams. Access: granted.

Since opening three years ago, the RoboVault storage facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has made it like a scene from “Mission: Impossible” to retrieve items kept at its heavily guarded building, which company executives have declared “the first storage facility of its kind in the world.”

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The Daily Docket: LightSquared Proposes Sharing Network With Government

10/01/12

Philip Falcone‘s LightSquared on Friday made a proposal to the Federal Communications Commission that the company hopes will solve the regulatory issues surrounding its wireless satellite network and help it build its business faster without abandoning its long-term goals. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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