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Dewey Ex-Partners Throw the Bankruptcy Bonus Book at Canellas

09/28/12
Reuters

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP could be on track to make legal history if ex-partners get their way in a fight over a proposed $165,000 bonus for finance chief Frank Canellas.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Legendary Edition

09/28/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Digital Domain creative leaders want a happy ending, and a Lynyrd Skynyrd-themed restaurant finds a sweet home in bankruptcy. Also this week, a Ponzi-scheme operator disputed a lawsuit involving musician John Mayer.

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Tuesday’s Gone, and So’s My Job

09/28/12
The restaurant is behind this wall.

There isn’t much left of Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ & Beer—just a white wall and a group of shocked employees.

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The Daily Docket: Lehman, IRS Reach Deal

09/28/12
Reuters

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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UMWA Turns Out the Grassroots Troops in Patriot’s Chapter 11

09/27/12
Bob Wojcieszak/Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail
United Mine Workers members, retirees, spouses and widows march to the federal courthouse on Virginia Street in Charleston, W.Va.,
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(Pronounced Chap-ter Eye-le-ven)

09/27/12

By Stephanie Gleason and Patrick Fitzgerald

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Digital Domain’s Creative Leaders Hit the Comeback Trail

09/26/12
Reuters
Digital Domain Park in Port St. Lucie, Fla., is seen in this file photo taken Feb. 22, 2012.

A happy ending.

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The Daily Docket: Hostess Fights Smaller Unions in Labor Trial

09/26/12
Associated Press

Hostess Brands Inc. Tuesday launched its courtroom campaign to impose new labor deals on a group of unions that represent a small slice of the Twinkie maker’s workforce.

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Bankruptcy Attorney Accused of Using Client Credit Cards, Records

09/25/12

“Just making sure your ok and remember that everything is going to be ok,” Bradley F. Aubel texted his employee of 10 years in July 2011.

Mr. Aubel, a bankruptcy attorney from Vernon Hills, Ill., is probably good at reassuring after having helped numerous struggling clients navigate the often-daunting Bankruptcy Code.  But the exchange, detailed in court documents unsealed last week, didn’t provide much reassurance to the employee.

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