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Lehman to Pay Legal Fees of Paulson Group, Goldman

09/25/12
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John Paulson

A number of Wall Street banks and hedge funds—including G

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The Daily Docket: FDIC Spars with Dead Banks for Tax Refunds

09/25/12

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp . is continuing its courtroom battle with creditors of a number of the former holding-company parents of failed banks over the ownership of billions of dollars in tax refunds and other assets left behind in the wake of the financial crisis. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

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Judge Begrudgingly OKs Digital Domain Sale

09/24/12
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A holographic image of Tupac Shakur is seen performing during the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio,
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The Daily Docket: House Panel Looks at FCC’s LightSquared Approval

09/24/12

A U.S. House panel on Friday looked into whether the Federal Communications Commission followed its own rules when it gave Phil Falcone’s LightSquared approval for a wireless network in early 2011, a decision that has since been put on hold over global-positioning systems concerns Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Bankruptcy Beat Snapshot: Ronald Rubin

09/21/12
Ronald Rubin

New to policing the financial services industry, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has the power to peer into the operations of banks and financial institut

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The Daily Docket: Investors Traded More Than $90 Billion in Lehman Claims

09/21/12

In the four years since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s failure, the investment bank has driven more than $90 billion in bankruptcy-claims trading. Read the story here in Daily Bankruptcy Review here.

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Hockey Teams Drop the Gloves Over Bankruptcy Promotion

09/20/12
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The Bakersfield Condors

The Bakersfield Condors, a minor league hockey club in California known for promotional stunts like

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Catholic Restructuring Professionals Form Charity

09/20/12

Critics who see the restructuring world as unholy are left without an attack on the industry’s latest effort to raise money for the poor.

A handful of Roman Catholic professionals in the corporate restructuring industry have rallied their colleagues for a new charity called Catholic Renewal.

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The Daily Docket: Wilbur Ross Wins OK to Buy Lehman’s Navigator Stake

09/20/12

A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday said Wilbur Ross could pay $110.2 million for a stake in Navigator Holdings Ltd. from the trustee unwinding Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s brokerage business, giving Mr. Ross a 56% stake in the gas tanker business. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

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Scott Rothstein’s Jeweler Settles Lawsuit

09/19/12
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In this July 27, 2009 photo, Scott Rothstein is shown in his former office.

The Florida jeweler that kept Ponzi-scheme operator Scott Ro

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